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Essay African Philsphy Pb | 
 enlarge | Author: Kwame Gyekye
Publisher: Temple University Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $30.95
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Sales Rank: 1152577
Media: Paperback
Edition: Revised
Pages: 254
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1566393809
Dewey Decimal Number: 199.667
EAN: 9781566393805
ASIN: 1566393809
Publication Date: September 8, 1995
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Product Description
In this sustained and nuanced attempt to define a genuinely African philosophy, Kwame Gyekye rejects the idea that an African philosophy consists simply of the work of Africans writing on philosophy. It must, Gyekye argues, arise from African thought itself, relate to the culture out of which it grows, and provide the possibility of a continuation of a philosophy linked to culture. Offering a philosophical clarification and interpretation of the concepts in the ontology, philosophical psychology, theology, and ethics of the Akan of Ghana, Gyekye argues that critical analyses of specific traditional African modes of thought are necessary to develop a distinctively African philosophy as well as cultural values in the modern world.
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