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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2016
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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.