Cultural universals and particulars : an African perspective / Kwasi Wiredu.
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 traditiona...
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
1996.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: The Universal and the Particular
- 2. A Philosophical Perspective on the Concept of Human Communication
- 3. Are There Cultural Universals?
- 4. The Biological Foundation of Universal Norms
- 5. Universalism and Particularism in Religion from an African Perspective
- 6. Custom and Morality: A Comparative Analysis of Some African and Western Conceptions of Morals
- 7. Formulating Modern Thought in African Languages: Some Theoretical Considerations
- 8. The Concept of Truth in the Akan Language
- 9. African Philosophical Tradition: A Case Study of the Akan
- 10. The Need for Conceptual Decolonization in African Philosophy
- 11. Post-Colonial African Philosophy
- 12. An Akan Perspective on Human Rights
- 13. Philosophy and the Political Problem of Human Rights
- 14. Democracy and Consensus: A Plea for a Non-Party Polity
- 15. Postscript: Reflections on Some Reactions.