Balder Ex-Libris - Braun GedaliahReview of books rare and missing2024-03-16T01:56:42+00:00urn:md5:aa728a70505b2fae05796923271581c2DotclearBraun Gedaliah - How africans may differ from westernersurn:md5:d1c543e2826944cb58c1d31519e8f3642015-12-14T20:47:00+00:002015-12-14T20:48:37+00:00balderBraun GedaliahAfricaEuropeNormandieRacesRacialismeScandinavia <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img3/Braun_Gedaliah_-_How_africans_may_differ_from_westerners.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Braun Gedaliah</strong><br />
Title : <strong>How africans may differ from westerners</strong><br />
Year : 2014<br />
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Introduction. I am an American who taught philosophy in several African universities from 1976 to 1988, and have lived since that time in South Africa. When I first came to Africa, I knew virtually nothing about the continent or its people, but I began learning quickly. I noticed, for example, that Africans rarely kept promises and saw no need to apologize when they broke them. It was as if they were unaware they had done anything that called for an apology. It took many years for me to understand why Africans behaved this way but I think I can now explain this and other behavior that characterizes Africa. I believe that morality requires abstract thinking—as does planning for the future—and that a relative deficiency in abstract thinking may explain many things that are typically African. What follow are not scientific findings. There could be alternative explanations for what I have observed, but my conclusions are drawn from more than 30 years of living among Africans. <strong>...</strong></p>