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Beauty in African thought : critical perspectives on the Western idea of development
- Title
- Beauty in African thought : critical perspectives on the Western idea of development / edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan.
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- viii, 261 pages illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This collection contributes to the understanding of the idea of development from Africa-based perspectives. African(ist) thinkers investigate the notion of beauty as a source for alternative approaches to pressing global issues such as poverty, inequality, and climate change"--
- Series Statement
- African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogue
- Uniform Title
- African philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The Concept of Beauty and Environmental Conservation / Diana-Abasi Ibanga -- We live in Paradise: Beautiful Nature in African Tradition / Pius Mosima, and Nelson Shang -- African Ethics: Human Being is Beautiful / Stanley Uche Anozie -- African Metaphysics as a Basis of African Human and Economic Development / Wilfred Lajul -- Ubuntu Humanity and Community Building for Human Growth: Sustainable Development in Africa's Cultural Depiction / Frans Dokman -- Ubuntu Humanity and Sustainable Development Goals / Dorine E. van Norren -- Replacing Development: An Afro-Communal Approach to Distributive Justice / Thaddeus Metz -- Understanding Genuine Development: African Contexts / Luke Amadi -- A Reconsideration of African Spirituality in Agricultural Development Projects: Traditional Ecological Knowledge from Dagara Elders in Koro, Ghana / Birgit Boogaard, Bernard Yangmaadome Guri, David Ludwig, Daniel Banuoku -- Art Traders and Spirits. Negotiating Values for Self-Determination in a Frame of Global Development / Angela Roothaan -- Omolúàbí: Understanding the Yorùbá's Moral Obligations in Human Well-being and its Implications for Political Participation in Nigeria -- Insights from Ikorodu / Oladosu Mudasiru Surajudeen, Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi and Abiodun Fatai -- Spirituality, Capability, and Sustainable Development from an African Cultural Construction / Aderemi Oladele.
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3427
- ISBN
- 9781793630759
- 1793630755
- LCCN
- 2022056423
- OCLC
- 1368275548
- Title
- Beauty in African thought : critical perspectives on the Western idea of development / edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogueAfrican philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Bateye, Bolaji, editor.Masaeli, Mahmoud, 1954- editor.Müller, Louise (Louise F.), editor, writer of introduction.Roothaan, A. C. M. (Angela C. M.), editor, writer of introduction.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-3427