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Cultural universals and particulars: an African perspective
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (1996)
Abstract
The eminent 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.
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