Cultural Universals and Particulars
Subtitle: An African Perspective (African Systems of Thought)
Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780253332097
Subjects: Non-Western philosophy; Africa; African Philosophy; Akan (African people); Philosophy, African; Philosophy, Akan; Religion; Social conditions; Sociology
Description: The eminent Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu confronts the paradox that while Western cultures recoil from claims of universality, previously colonized peoples, seeking to redefine their identities, insist on cultural particularities. Wiredu's exposition of the principles of African traditional philosophy is not purely theoretical; he shows how certain aspects of African political thought may be applied to the practical resolution of some of Africa's most pressing problems.