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.
• Time--Moral and ethical aspects--Nigeria--Niger River Delta.
• Kalabari (African people)--Social life and customs.

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