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Appiah, Kwame Anthony. Akan and Euro-American Concepts of the Person
2004, In Lee M. Brown (ed.), African Philosophy: New and Traditional Perspectives. Oxford University.
Topics: Culture; Identity and Change; Personal and Social Identity; Race
Keywords: Akan; Western tradition; person; theory comparison
Traditions: Analytic; Comparative/Intercultural; Critical; Cultural; European; North American; Sub-Saharan African
Languages: Akan; English
Added by: Chris Blake-Turner, Contributed by: Simon Fokt

Abstract: This essay explores the theories of the person within Western and Akan traditions. It identifies six obstacles to theory comparison. It argues that there may be no non-question begging way of comparing theories since these theories themselves play key roles in understanding how each is to be used.

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