Author : Ferdinand Chukwuagozie Ezekwonna
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,60 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Christian ethics
ISBN : 9783039107698
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Freiburg, 2004.
Author : Bernard Matolino
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 22,41 MB
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1498588298
In going beyond African socialism and consensual democracy’s use of communitarianism, Bernard Matolino demonstrates that there is a mode of understanding communitarianism that need not necessarily be traditionalist. It is from this ever-evolving communitarian notion that an African-rooted form of democracy may arise. Such a democratic theory is one that seeks to prioritize reality and factors that have shaped and continue to shape current experience of life on the African continent. The work advocates a new mode of communitarianism, without the idealism of traditional foundations of kin connections and one which takes the ontological equality of the community and the individual. Such a communitarian outlook will secure the basic requirements of democratization without abdicating its communitarian responsibility. The communitarian democratic theory advocated here takes seriously the particular situation of each individual and yet points out the need to appreciate the inevitability of the connections among the same individuals.
Author : Polycarp Ikuenobe
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739114926
This book examines the idea of communalism in African cultures as a dominant philosophical theme that provides the conceptual foundation for African traditional moral thoughts, moral education, values, beliefs, conceptions of reality, practices, ways of life, and the now popular African saying, 'it takes a village to raise a child.' It defends communalism against various criticisms and argues that when properly understood and harnessed, it could provide the necessary foundation for Africa's development.
Author : Munyaradzi Felix Murove
Publisher : University of Kwazulu Natal Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Philosophy
ISBN :
This is the first comprehensive volume on African ethics, centered on Ubuntu and its relevance today. Important contemporary issues are explored, such as African bioethics, business ethics, traditional African attitudes to the environment, and the possible development of a new form of democracy based on indigenous African political systems. In a world that has become interconnected, this anthology demonstrates that African ethics can make valuable contributions to global ethics. It is not only African academics, students, organizations, or those individuals committed to ethics that are envisaged as the beneficiaries of this book, but all humankind. A number of topics presented here were inspired by a Shona proverb that says, Ndarira imwe hairiri (One brass wire cannot produce a sound). The chorus of voices in African Ethics demonstrates this proverbial truism.
Author : Munamato Chemhuru
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2022-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1000567753
This book focuses on environmental justice in African philosophy, highlighting important new perspectives which will be of significance to researchers with an interest in environmental ethics both within Africa and beyond. Drawing on African social and ethical conceptions of existence, the book makes suggestions for how to derive environmental justice from African philosophies such as communitarian ethics, relational ethics, unhu/ubuntu ethics, ecofeminist ethics and intergenerational ethics. Specifically, the book emphasises the ways in which African philosophies of existence seek to involve everyone in environmental policy and planning and to equitably distribute both environmental benefits (such as natural resources) and environmental burdens (such as pollution and the location of mining, industrial or dumping sites). This extends to fair distribution between global South and global North, rich and poor, urban and rural populations, men and women and adults and children. These principles of humaneness, relationships, equality, interconnectedness and teleologically oriented existence among all beings are important not only to African environmental justice but also to the environmental justice movement globally. The book will interest researchers and students working in the fields of environmental ethics, African philosophy and political philosophy in general.
Author : Kemi Ogunyemi
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 21,28 MB
Release : 2020-07-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1789905966
African philosophies about the way to live a flourishing life are predominantly virtue-oriented. However, narratives of African conceptions of virtue are uncommon. This book therefore helps bridge an important gap in literature. Authors writing from South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, Kenya, Mauritius, Côte D’Ivoire and Nigeria share research on indigenous wisdoms on virtue, displaying marked consensus about the communitarian nature of African virtue ethics traditions and virtues essential for a flourishing life. They also show how indigenous virtue ethics improve corporate practices. This book will be a launchpad for further studies in Afriethics as well as a medium for sharing rich knowledge with the rest of the world.
Author : Maulana Karenga
Publisher : Kawaida Publications
Page : pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 1997-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780943412108
Dr. Maulana Karenga, activist-scholar, university professor, creator of Kwanzaa, author, Seba (moral teacher) in the ancient Egyptian Maatian (Kawaida) tradition, stands as a major figure in the African American liberation movement & in African American social-ethical & cultural philosophy. This long-awaited book sets out in a critical but accessible way the main lines of thought, the fundamental contentions & central concepts of his philosophy, Kawaida. KAWAIDA THEORY contains the author's most recent contributions to critical debates in African American social discourse. In its 30-year history of development, KAWAIDA has been embraced & put to use in various intellectual & programmatic movements & discourses such as: Black liberation, Black Studies, Black student & youth movements, Black Arts, Afrocentricity, rites of passage programs, ancient Egyptian & other classical studies, independent schools & of course, Kwanzaa which has spread some of the central values & concepts of KAWAIDA among millions of practitioners throughout the world African community. KAWAIDA, as critical social & cultural theory, understands itself as an ongoing dialogue with African culture in the continuous quest to discover & bring forth the best of what it means to be both African & human. Maulana Karenga's carefully reasoned presentation of KAWAIDA THEORY demonstrates his groundedness & insightfulness in African culture & the continued vitality of the KAWAIDA tradition in addressing critical contemporary issues.
Author : Segun Gbadegesin
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 38,74 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
The question whether or not there is African philosophy has, for too long, dominated the philosophical scene in Africa, to the neglect of substantive issues generated by the very fact of human existence. This has unfortunately led to an impasse in the development of a distinctive African philosophical tradition. In this path-breaking book, Segun Gbadegesin offers a new and promising approach which recognizes the traditional and contemporary facets of African philosophy by exploring the issues they raise. In Part I, the author examines, with refreshing insights, the philosophical concepts of the person, individuality, community and morality, religiosity and causality, focusing on the Yoruba of Nigeria. Part II discusses, in an original way, contemporary African social, political and economic realities from a philosophical perspective.
Author : D. A. Masolo
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 2010-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0253004527
Revisiting African philosophy's classic questions, D. A. Masolo advances understandings of what it means to be human -- whether of African or other origin. Masolo reframes indigenous knowledge as diversity: How are we to understand the place and structure of consciousness? How does the everyday color the world we know? Where are the boundaries between self and other, universal and particular, and individual and community? From here, he takes a dramatic turn toward Africa's current political situation and considers why individual rights and freedoms have not been recognized, respected, demanded, or enforced. Masolo offers solutions for containing socially destructive conduct and antisocial tendencies by engaging community. His unique thinking about community and the role of the individual extends African philosophy in new, global directions.
Author : Bénézet Bujo
Publisher :
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 31,8 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
