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Well-being in African philosophy : insights for a global ethics of development
Title
Well-being in African philosophy : insights for a global ethics of development / edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise F. Müller and Angela Roothaan.
ISBN
9781793630780
179363078X
9781793630797
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2024]
Copyright Notice Date
©2024
Physical Description
viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm.
Summary
"This book explores the notion of well-being in African and intercultural philosophy and draw insights into global ethics of development. It centralizes critical African voices on human well-being as they address the major global challenges of our time"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Well-being in African philosophy Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2024
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 17, 2024
Series
African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogue
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Part I: Conceptions of well-being in African(a) intercultural philosophy. Human well-being in intercultural philosophical perspective : a focus on the Akan philosophy of Wiredu, Gyekye, and Appiah / Louise Müller
This thing valled vommunitarianism or why we should not be afraid of the community / Nimrod Kahn
Being-in-vommunity as the basis of well-being in African philosophy / Pius Mosima
Personhood, well-veing, and ethical maturity in African philosophy / Alloy S.Ihuah
Part II: Well-Being in African contexts. Social ethics and human well-being in Igbo society / J Chidozie Chukwuokolo
Religion, education, and the well-being of citizens of Nigeria / Olutoyin Mejiuni, Bolaji Olukemi Bateye
A non-individualistic notion of the common good / Abdoulaye Ba
The pursuant of well-being in contemporary Africa / Beatrice Okyere-Manu, Ovett Nwosimiri, Stephen Nkansah Morgan
Part III: Contributions to a global ethics of development. Ujamaa: society as family / Martin F. Asiegbu, Simeon Dimonye
African precolonial accomplishments in political, social, and economic well-being / Andrew Akampurira
A philosophy of race in the melting pot of globalisation and its implications for Africa / Wilfred Lajul
Gilles Paquet's hermeneutics of belongingness : on collaborative ethics of global development / Stanley Uche Anozie.
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