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Philosophy in Culture : A Cross-Cultural Perspective /

This book explores the symbiotic relationship between philosophy and culture. Every philosophy emerges as a reaction to, or as justification for a particular culture and it is for this reason that philosophy may differ from one culture to another. It argues that philosophy is an essential part of ev...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Takov, Peter (Editor ), Tosam, Mbih J. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • 1. Introduction : the role of philosophy in culture
  • 2. Human existence and destiny in the culture of secularism : rethinking traditional cultural values
  • 3. The theocentric and anthropocentric foundations of African ethics
  • 4. Culture/culture divide : an interrogation of politics, identity and culture towards transcending the multiculturalism conundrum
  • 5. Multicultural education as the basis for education for peace and good citizenship in Cameroon
  • 6. African culture and African philosophy of education
  • 7. The reality of secularism in Africa and its effects on some africAn cultural values
  • 8. Secularism in the post-colonial Cameroon state : a historical critique
  • 9. The philosophy and politics of identity : Spinoza's regional anthropology
  • 10. Being a woman in African culture : how culture shapes and defines the status of women
  • 11. The phenomenon of cultural and national stereotypes
  • 12. Hard-wired homosexuality : towards excoriating some contemporary justifications for same-sex marriages
  • 13. Anthropocentric poetics and the deconstruction of the god/man binary:
  • Humanist connectives in the poetry of Thomas Hardy and Robert Graves.