| Description |
xix, 338 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-325) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Philosophy and human affairs -- Person and community : in defense of moderate communitarianism -- Ethnicity, identity, and nationhood -- Traditional political ideas, values, and practices : their status in the modern setting -- The socialist interlude -- Quandaries in the legitimation of political power -- Political corruption : a moral pollution -- Tradition and modernity -- Epilogue : which modernity? whose tradition? |
| Subject |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Civilization -- Philosophy.
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| ISBN |
0195112253 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195112252 (acid-free paper) |
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0195112261 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780195112269 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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