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Person and community : Ghanaian philosophical studies I / edited by Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye. - Washington, D.C. : Council for Research in Values and Philosophy, c1992. - 266 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Cultural heritage and contemporary change. Series II, Africa ; v. 1 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sources of African identity / by W. Emmanuel Abraham -- Problems in Africa's self-definition in the contemporary world / by Kwasi Wiredu -- Knowledge and truth / by N.K. Dzobo -- Person and community in Akan thought / by Kwame Gyekye -- The image of man in Africa / by N.K. Dzobo -- Death and the afterlife in African culture / by Kwasi Wiredu -- Immortality and the nature of man in Gra thought / by Joyce Engmann -- Moral foundations of an African culture / by Kwasi Wiredu -- Towards moral development in contemporary Africa / by J.N. Kudadjie -- Values in a changing society / by N.K. Dzobo -- Traditional political ideas, their relevance to development in contemporary Africa / by Kwame Gyekye.

ISBN: 1565180054 : $45.00 1565180046 (pbk.) : $15.00

LCCN: 91058172

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy, Ghanaian.
Philosophy, African.

LC Class. No.: B5619.G4 / P47 1992

Dewey Class. No.: 199.677 / PER