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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.

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Book
Contributor:
Bateye, Bolaji, editor.
Masaeli, Mahmoud, 1954- editor.
Müller, Louise (Louise F.), editor.
Roothaan, A. C. M. (Angela C. M.), editor.
ProQuest ebook central
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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