Tradition and modernity : philosophical reflections on the African experience

Tradition and modernity : philosophical reflections on the African experience / Kwame Gyekye.

Gyekye offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times, and shows how Western philosophical concepts help in addressing a wide range of specifically African problems.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gyekye, Kwame
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:
Tradition.
HISTORY > General.
Civilization > Philosophy
Zivilisation
Kultur
Moderne
Philosophie
Traditie.
Moderniteit.
Filosofische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Politieke aspecten.
Afrikaanse filosofie.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Civilization > Philosophy.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Afrika
Subsaharisches Afrika
Afrique noire > Civilisation > Philosophie.
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Table of Contents:
  • Philosophy and human affairs
  • Person and community : in defense of moderate communitarianism
  • Ethnicity, identity, and nationhood
  • Traditional political ideas, values, and practices : their status in the modern setting
  • The socialist interlude
  • Quandaries in the legitimation of political power
  • Political corruption : a moral pollution
  • Tradition and modernity
  • Epilogue : which modernity? whose tradition?

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