Well-being in African philosophy insights for a global ethics of development / edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise F. Müller and Angela Roothaan.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2024] |
| Description | viii, 280 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bateye, Bolaji. |
| Other author/creator | Masaeli, Mahmoud, 1954- |
| Other author/creator | Müller, Louise (Louise F.) |
| Other author/creator | Roothaan, A. C. M. (Angela C. M.) |
| Series | African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogue African philosophy (Lanham, Md.) ^A1410752 |
| Contents | 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 / by Louise Müller -- This Thing Called Communitarianism or Why We Should Not Be afraid of the community / by Nimrod Kahn -- Being-in-Community as the Basis of Well-Being in African Philosophy / by Pius Mosima -- Personhood, Well-Being, and Ethical Maturity in African Philosophy / by Alloy S.Ihuah -- Well-Being in African Contexts -- Social Ethics and Human Well-Being in Igbo Society / by J Chidozie Chukwuokolo -- Religion, Education, and the Well-Being of Citizens of Nigeria / by Olutoyin Mejiuni and Bolaji Olukemi Bateye -- A Non-Individualistic Notion of the Common Good / by Abdoulaye Ba -- The Pursuant of Well-Being in Contemporary Africa / by Beatrice Okyere-Manu, Ovett Nwosimiri, and Stephen Nkansah Morgan -- Contributions to a Global Ethics of Development -- Ujamaa: Society as Family / by Martin F. Asiegbu and Simeon Dimonye -- African Precolonial Accomplishments in Political, Social, and Economic Well-Being / by Andrew Akampurira -- A Philosophy of Race in the Melting Pot of Globalisation and its Implications for Africa / by Wilfred Lajul -- Gilles Paquet's Hermeneutics of Belongingness: On Collaborative Ethics of Global Development / by Stanley Uche Anozie. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2023035232 |
| ISBN | 9781793630780 (cloth) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |