Research Catalog

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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Details

Additional Authors

• Bateye, Bolaji
• Masaeli, Mahmoud, 1954-
• Müller, Louise (Louise F.)
• Roothaan, A. C. M. (Angela C. M.)

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

• Philosophy > Social aspects > Africa
• Aesthetics, African
• Economic development > Africa > Philosophy
• Aesthetics > Social aspects

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 dialogue

African 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