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Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt

A Study in Classical African Ethics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

AvMaulana Karenga

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This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt. It seeks to present Maat in the language of modern moral discourse while at the same time preserving and building on its distinctiveness as a moral ideal capable of inspiring and maintaining ethical philosophic reflection. The effort here is one of both interpretation and transmission of an ethical tradition, a project in which tradition is seen not simply as a precondition and process in which one comes, but also as an ongoing product of one's efforts to understand it. Locating himself within the tradition, the author seeks to test the conceptual elasticity of its major categories and contentions and to establish its capacity for critical moral discourse.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2003-12-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt1 050 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrican Studies
Antal sidor480
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780415947534

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Dr. Maulana Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is also chair of the President's Task Force on Multicultural Education and Campus Diversity at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Karenga holds two Ph.D.'s; his first in political science with focus on the theory and practice of nationalism (United States International University) and his second in social ethics with a focus on the classical African ethics of ancient Egypt (University of Southern California).