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Tradition and Modernity

By Kwame Gyekye

Tradition and Modernity

By Kwame Gyekye

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This book offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times. In their attempt to evolve ways of life appropriate to our modern world culture, says Kwame Gyekye, African people and societies face a number of challenges, some stemming from the values and practices of their traditional cultures, and others representing the legacy of European colonialism. Defending the cross-cultural applicability of philosophical concepts developed in Western culture, Kwame Gyekye attempts to show the usefulness of such concepts in addressing a wide range of specifically African problems. Among the issues he considers are: economic development, nation-building, the evolution of viable and appropriate democratic political institutions, the development of appropriate and credible ideologies, political corruption, and the crumbling of traditional moral standards in the wake of rapid social change. Throughout, Gyekye challenges the notion that modernity must be equated with Western values and institutions, arguing instead that African modernity must be forged creatively within the furnace of Africa's many-sided cultural experience.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
360
Release Date:
1997-08-28
Publication Date:
2002-03-05
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0195112253
ISBN13:
9780195112252
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
735 g
Height:
157 cm
Width:
235 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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