Cultural Universals and Particulars
Cultural Universals and Particulars

Author: Kwasi Wiredu

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780253210807

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"Wiredu's discussion of culturally defined values and concepts, as well as his attention to such timely issues as human rights, makes this book invaluable interdisciplinary reading." —D. A. Masolo Ghanaian philosopher Kwasi Wiredu confronts the paradox that while Western cultures recoil from claims of universality, previously colonized peoples, seeking to redefine their identities, insist on cultural particularities. Wiredu asserts that universals, rightly conceived on the basis of our common biological identity, are not incompatible with cultural particularities and, in fact, are what make intercultural communication possible. Drawing on aspects of Akan thought that appear to diverge from Western conceptions in the areas of ethics and metaphysics, Wiredu calls for a just reappraisal of these disparities, free of thought patterns corrupted by a colonial mentality. Wiredu's exposition of the principles of African traditional philosophy is not purely theoretical; he shows how certain aspects of African political thought may be applied to the practical resolution of some of Africa's most pressing problems.

Cultural Connections
Cultural Connections

Author: Morris J. Vogel

Publisher: Temple University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 9780877228400

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Illustrates the history, civilization, and social conditions of the United States via artifacts, paintings, and other objects from the collections of cultural institutions in Philadelphia and environs.

Children's Thinking About Cultural Universals
Children's Thinking About Cultural Universals

Author: Jere Brophy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-04-21

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1135614695

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This book summarizes findings from interview studies probing K-3 students' knowledge and thinking about topics commonly addressed in the primary grades social studies curriculum.

Emotions Across Languages and Cultures
Emotions Across Languages and Cultures

Author: Anna Wierzbicka

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-11-18

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 9780521599719

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This fascinating book explores the bodily expression of emotion in worldwide and culture-specific contexts.

Against Relativism
Against Relativism

Author: Ruth Macklin

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780195116328

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This book analyzes the debate surrounding cultural diversity and its implications for ethics. If ethics are relative to particular cultures or societies, then it is not possible to hold that there are any fundamental human rights. The author examines the role of cultural tradition, often used as a defense against critical ethical judgments, and explores key issues in health and medicine in the context of cultural diversity: the physician-patient relationship, disclosing a diagnosis of a fatal illness, informed consent, brain death and organ transplantation, rituals surrounding birth and death, female genital mutilation, sex selection of offspring, fertility regulation, and biomedical research involving human subjects. Among the conclusions the author reaches are that ethical universals exist but must not be confused with ethical absolutes. The existence of ethical universals is compatible with a variety of culturally relative interpretations, and some rights related to medicine and health care should be considered human rights. Illustrative examples are drawn from the author's experiences serving on international ethical review committees and her travels to countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, where she conducted educational workshops and carried out her own research.

Human Universals
Human Universals

Author: Donald Brown

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Published: 1991-01-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780070082090

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This book explores physical and behavioral characteristics that can be considered universal among all cultures, all people. It presents cases demonstrating universals, looks at the history of the study of universals, and presents an interesting study of a hypothetical tribe, The Universal People.

Gale Researcher Guide for: Cultural Universals
Gale Researcher Guide for: Cultural Universals

Author: Matthew Leclaire

Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 1535859555

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Gale Researcher Guide for: Cultural Universals is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.

Pluralism
Pluralism

Author: Maria Baghramian

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780415227148

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The first volume to link pluralist themes in philosophy and politics. A range of essays advances recent debates on political pluralism which challenge or defend the association of liberalism and pluralism.

Debating African Philosophy
Debating African Philosophy

Author: George Hull

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-11-21

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0429796277

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In African countries there has been a surge of intellectual interest in foregrounding ideas and thinkers of African origin—in philosophy as in other disciplines—that have been unjustly ignored or marginalized. African scholars have demonstrated that precolonial African cultures generated ideas and arguments which were at once truly philosophical and distinctively African, and several contemporary African thinkers are now established figures in the philosophical mainstream. Yet, despite the universality of its themes, relevant contributions from African philosophy have rarely permeated global philosophical debates. Critical intellectual excavation has also tended to prioritize precolonial thought, overlooking more recent sources of home-grown philosophical thinking such as Africa’s intellectually rich liberation movements. This book demonstrates the potential for constructive interchange between currents of thought from African philosophy and other intellectual currents within philosophy. Chapters authored by leading and emerging scholars: recover philosophical thinkers and currents of ideas within Africa and about Africa, bringing them into dialogue with contemporary mainstream philosophy; foreground the relevance of African theorizing to contemporary debates in epistemology, philosophy of language, moral/political philosophy, philosophy of race, environmental ethics and the metaphysics of disability; make new interventions within on-going debates in African philosophy; consider ways in which philosophy can become epistemically inclusive, interrogating the contemporary call for ‘decolonization’ of philosophy. Showing how foregrounding Africa—its ideas, thinkers and problems—can help with the project of renewing and improving the discipline of philosophy worldwide, this book will stimulate and challenge everyone with an interest in philosophy, and is essential reading for upper-level undergraduate students, postgraduate students and scholars of African and Africana philosophy.