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The good, the bad, and the beautiful [electronic resource] : discourse about values in Yoruba culture
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hallen, B.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Intellectual life.
- Philosophy, Yoruba.
- Social life and customs.
- Social values.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Yoruba language.
- Local Subjects:
- Intellectual life.
- Philosophy, Yoruba.
- Social life and customs.
- Social values.
- Yoruba (African people).
- Yoruba language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (220 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Good, the Bad, and the BeautifulDiscourse about Values in Yoruba CultureBarry HallenReveals everyday language as the key to understanding morals and ethics in Yoruba culture.""This contrasts with any suggestion that in Yoruba or, more generally, African society, moral thinking manifests nothing much more than a supine acquiescence in long established communal values.... Hallen renders a great service to African philosophy."" -- Kwasi WireduIn Yoruba culture,
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Translation; 1 Ordinary Language and African Philosophy; 2 Moral Epistemology; 3 Me, My Self, and My Destiny; 4 The Good and the Bad; 5 The Beautiful; 6 Rationality, Individuality, Secularity, and the Proverbial; Appendix of Yoruba-Language Quotations; Glossary of Yoruba Terms; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-06594-7
- 0-253-10847-0
- OCLC:
- 56635120
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