Person and Community: Ghanaian Philosophical Studies, I (Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Change Series II)

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. Kwasi Wiredu, Kwame Gyekye. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 2 Copyright......Page 3 Acknowledgements......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 The Ghanaian tradition of philosophy......Page 7 Crisis in African cultures......Page 19 1 African Identity......Page 42 Sources of African identity......Page 43 Problems in Africa's self-definition in the contemporary world......Page 62 2 Knowledge and understanding......Page 74 Knowledge and truth: Ewe and Akan conceptions......Page 75 African symbols and proverbs as source of knowledge and truth......Page 87 Anthropology and metaphysics......Page 101 Person and community in African thought......Page 102 The image of man in Africa......Page 124 Death and the afterlife in African culture......Page 137 Immortality and the nature of man in Ga thought......Page 153 Ethics and political philosophy......Page 191 The moral foundations of an African culture......Page 192 Towards moral and social development in contemporary Africa: insights from Dangme traditional moral experience......Page 206 Values in a changing society: Man, ancestors and God......Page 222 Traditional political ideas: Their relevance to development in contemporary Africa......Page 240 Index......Page 255 Notes on the contributors......Page 263 Back cover......Page 270