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What can philosophy contribute to African culture? What can it draw from it? Could there be a truly African philosophy that goes beyond traditional folk thought? Kwasi Wiredu tries in these essays to define and demonstrate a role for contemporary African philosophers which is distinctive but by no means parochial. He shows how they can assimilate the advances of analytical philosophy and apply them to the general social and intellectual changes associated with 'modernisation' and the transition to new national identities. But we see too how they can exploit traditional resources and test the assumptions of Western philosophy against the intimations of their own language and culture. The volume as a whole presents some of the best non-technical work of a distinguished African philosopher, of importance equally to professional philosophers and to those with a more general interest in contemporary African thought and culture.

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  • Title Philosophy and an African Culture
  • Author Kwasi Wiredu
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Softcover
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, West Nyack, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1980-04-10
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780521296472 / 0521296471
  • Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.58 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 1.47 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
  • Category Philosophy
  • Library of Congress subjects Philosophy, Philosophy, African
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 79019805
  • Dewey Decimal Code 199.6
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