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Philosophy and an African culture / Kwasi Wiredu.
LIBRA - Rare B5305 .W57 1980 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wiredu, Kwasi.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, African.
- Philosophy.
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 239 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge [Eng.] : Cambridge University Press, 1980.
- Contents:
- Part I. Philosophy and an African Culture ; On an African orientation in philosophy ; How not to compare African traditional thought with Western thought ; What can philosophy do for Africa?
- Part II. Marxism, philosophy and ideology ; In praise of utopianism
- Part III. Philosophy; mysticism and rationality ; Truth as opinion ; To be is to be known ; What is philosophy?: ; In defence of opinion ; Truth: a dialogue
- Origins of the essays.
- Notes:
- First published 1980.
- Cover design by Brian Paine.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0521227941
- 0521296471
- OCLC:
- 5310111
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