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Beauty in African thought : critical perspectives on the Western idea of development / edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- African philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
- African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogue
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy--Social aspects--Africa.
- Philosophy.
- Aesthetics, African.
- Economic development--Africa--Philosophy.
- Economic development.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 261 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 02, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Beauty in African thought
- ISBN:
- 9781793630766
- 1793630763
- Publisher Number:
- 40031732298
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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