Pacific Parables

John Patterson

$24.99

Do myths and legends have anything to teach us about understanding Māori values and society?

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Do myths and legends have anything to teach us about understanding Māori values and society? Are they still relevant today?

John Patterson encourages a more sensitive and sympathetic attitude among Pākehā people by showing how traditional Māori narratives — what we still tend to call their myths and legends — can open our eyes to some of the deeper aspects of Māori philosophical and political thought.

 

About the author

A retired philosophy lecturer, John Patterson has written books on Māori philosophy, logic, environmental philosophy and Chinese philosophy, along with a novel and books of verse.

Additional information

Dimensions 148 × 210 mm
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