Ethics and time : ethos of temporal orientation in politics and religion of the Niger Delta / Nimi Wariboko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wariboko, Nimi, 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian ethics.

Social ethics--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Social ethics.

Time--Moral and ethical aspects--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.

Time.

Kalabari (African people)--Social life and customs.

Kalabari (African people).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ethics and Time investigates how temporal orientation influence social-ethics. Re-conceptualizing temporal orientation as the production of new temporalities that allow humans to manifest their potentialities and creatively resist obstacles that impede their flourishing, it shows how a social group's orientation to time frames, informs, and drives its politics and religion. It uses an African culture as a practical case study to concretely illustrate the form and dynamics of the interconnections.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Creating Time Gaps; Chapter 2. Chiefs: Subjects to Freedom; Chapter 3. Imagination: Source of Self and Religion; Chapter 4. Apocalypticism: The Struggle for a Relevant Future; Chapter 5. Temporal Orientation and Philosophy of History; Chapter 6. The Virtue of Time; Chapter 7. Kairos and Economic Development; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-32217-7

1-282-92200-9

9786612922008

0-7391-5030-8

OCLC:

699510430