Beauty in African Thought

Critical Perspectives on the Western Idea of Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

AvBolaji Bateye,Mahmoud Masaeli,Louise Müller,Angela Roothaan,Louise Muller

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A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleBeauty in African Thought: A Critique of the Western Idea of Development investigates how the concept of beauty in African philosophy and related qualitative social sciences may contribute to a richer intercultural exchange on the idea of development. While working within frameworks created in post-colonial and arguably neo-colonial times, African thinkers have reacted against the mainstream view that restricts the meaning and scope of good development to economic growth and western-style education. These thinkers have worked toward a critical self-understanding of the potentials inherent in cultural, spiritual, and political traditions since pre-colonial times. Edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan, this collection explores branches of thought from wisdom or oral traditions to political thought and philosophy of culture. This book is urgent reading material for any policy maker, scholar, or student wishing to attend to the voices of African(ist) thinkers who search for alternative approaches to global questions of development in a time of climate change and increasing socio-economic inequality.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-03-22
Mått158 x 236 x 21 mm
Vikt531 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrican Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
Antal sidor270
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793630759
UtmärkelserWinner of Outstanding Academic Title 2023

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Bolaji Bateye is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University.Mahmoud Masaeli is professor of human rights studies at Iran Academia.Louise F. Müller is senior research fellow at the University of KwaZulu Natal and secretary of the Dutch OZSW research network in African Intercultural Philosophy.Angela Roothaan is assistant professor of philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

Part I: Conceptions of Beauty in African Thought Chapter 1: The Concept of Beauty and Environmental ConservationDiana-Abasi IbangaChapter 2: We live in Paradise: Beautiful Nature in African TraditionPius Mosima, and Nelson ShangChapter 3: African Ethics: Human Being is BeautifulStanley Uche AnoziePart II: Development in Africa: Contested TerrainsChapter 4: African Metaphysics as a Basis of African Human and Economic Development Wilfred LajulChapter 5: Ubuntu Humanity and Community Building for Human Growth: Sustainable Development in Africa’s Cultural DepictionFrans DokmanChapter 6: Ubuntu Humanity and Sustainable Development GoalsDorine E. van NorrenChapter 7: Replacing Development: An Afro-Communal Approach to Distributive JusticeThaddeus MetzChapter 8: Understanding Genuine Development: African ContextsLuke AmadiPart III: African Views of Development: Cultural and Spiritual Aspects Chapter 9: A Reconsideration of African Spirituality in Agricultural Development Pro

Beauty in African Thought exemplifies contemporary African philosophy and how philosophical rigor can shed light on profound concerns in everyday life. The editors and their contributors have done a remarkable job of bringing to the fore the aesthetics of life among African peoples, revealing that development transcends economic efficiency. The volume addresses notions of beauty broadly understood, holistic spirituality and religion, agency and meaning-making, interdependence, and community in contrast to the individualism of Western metaphysics and political philosophy. This collection will be valuable for those with interests in African culture and thought and the development of African nations in the present era. Scholars pursuing issues of global development and environmental sustainability or of human flourishing and justice will unquestionably benefit from this excellent collection. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.