Exploring Maori Values
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Printed: 1992 Author: John Patterson
Publisher: Dunmore Press ISBN: 0864691564
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Paperback - 191 pages (December 1992) Usually ships within 24 hours.
Amazon Review
It is no easy matter for a Pakeha to achieve a sympathetic and deep understanding of Maori thought and practices. An imaginative and determined approach is needed. This book offers Pakeha New Zealanders an insight into Maori thought and values and the basis for the sort of understanding and partnership that should exist between Pakeha and Maori. Indeed, it also presents a new perspective from which long-held Pakeha values can be reassessed. Topics include Maori environmental values, values in the proverbs and myths, Maori virtues, reciprocity and balance, and Maori concepts of collective responsibility.
About the Author
A fifth generation New Zealander of Scottish and Irish descent, the author is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Massey University, working in the fields of Maori ethics and metaphysics, aesthetics, and informal logic. His leisure interests include writing and painting, and he has published two other books: Practical Logic, a textbook in critical thinking, and Cant Find Rest Room, a book of experimental poetry.