The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful
Subtitle: Discourse About Values in Yoruba Culture
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780253338068
Subjects: African studies; Ethics & moral philosophy; Philosophy of language; Social & cultural anthropology; African Philosophy; West Africa - History; Sociology; Yoruba; Philosophy; Africa; West Africa; Africa - General; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Anthropology - General; General; Intellectual life; Philosophy, Yoruba; Social life and customs; Social values; Yoruba (African people)
First sentence: One of the convictions underlying much of this book is that the systematic analysis of ordinary, everyday language usage in non-Western, particularly African, cultures can prove to be of fundamental philosophical value.