Author : Kwame Gyekye
Release : 1995
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 805/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis An Essay on African Philosophical Thought by : Kwame Gyekye
Download or read book An Essay on African Philosophical Thought written by Kwame Gyekye. This book was released on 1995. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sustained and nuanced attempt to define a genuinely African philosophy, Kwame Gyekye rejects the idea that an African philosophy consists simply of the work of Africans writing on philosophy. It must, Gyekye argues, arise from African thought itself, relate to the culture out of which it grows, and provide the possibility of a continuation of a philosophy linked to culture. Offering a philosophical clarification and theology, and ethics of the Akan of Ghana, Gyekye argues that critical analyses of specific traditional African modes of thought are necessary to develop a distinctively African philosophy as well as cultural values in the modern world. --