Well-Being in African Philosophy

Bolaji Bateye; Mahmoud Masaeli; Louise Müller; Angela Roothaan

doi:10.5771/9781793630797

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Well-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development, edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan, explores the notion of well-being in African and intercultural philosophy and its insights into global ethics of development. Drawing from longstanding debates on communitarianism in the context of personhood in African philosophy, as well as those in intercultural philosophy, the diverse contributors present manifold ways to philosophize about well-being from African contexts. Hailing from sub-Saharan Africa, Europe, and the Middle East, they address questions of human well-being related to the major global challenges of our time, such as climate change and socio-economic, gender, and racial inequality in society, education, and organization. This collection, building on the work of African independence philosophers as well as oral traditions from a critical development studies perspective, offers fresh views on well-being, development, and morality, thus contributing to global ethics from an African vantage point.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3078-0
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3079-7
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 280
Product type: Edited Book

1. Acknowledgements No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
1. 1. The Communitarian Debate in African Philosophy and the Concept of Well-Being No access
  2. Towards an African(a) Intercultural Philosophy12 No access
  3. Well-being in the Context of Intercultural Philosophy as Insights into Ethics of Global Development for a Global Ethics of Development No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
  6. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Akans’ Endless Ethics No access
  2. The Use of Proverbs in the Akan Society No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Being-in-Community: Philosophical Perspectives No access
  2. The Communitarian Orientation in African Philosophy No access
  3. Being a Person in African Philosophy and Practice No access
  4. The Ifeanyi Menkiti-Kwame Gyekye Debate on Person and Community: An Overview of Debates and Interpretations No access
  5. Grounding African Social and Political Thought on Being-in-Community No access
  6. Conclusion No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
4. 1. 1. The Inherent Theory of Personhood No access
    2. The Capacity-Based Theory of Personhood No access
    3. The Body Theory of Personhood No access
    4. The Communal Theory of Personhood No access
  2. Personhood in African Heritage No access
  3. Personhood and Human Development No access
  4. Personhood and Ethical Maturity: Beyond the Communitarian Debate No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Social Ethics: A Conceptual Labyrinth No access
  2. The Igbo Community and Human Well-Being No access
  3. Social Ethics, Human Well-Being and the Individual No access
  4. Ani Deity as the Root of Social Ethics and Human Well-Being in the Igbo Society No access
  5. The Social Ethics and Social Control Mechanisms in the Igbo Society No access
  6. The Organs of Social Control No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Bibliography No access
2. 1. The Focus of the Chapter and Sources of Data No access
  2. Religion No access
  3. Religion in Nigeria No access
  4. The Current Map of Religious Inclinations in Nigeria No access
  5. The Role of the State No access
  6. Recent High Level of Insecurity in Nigeria No access
  7. Education in Nigeria No access
  8. The Well-being of Nigerians No access
  9. 1. Health No access
    2. Gender Inequality No access
    3. Employment in Crop Farming No access
    4. Spousal Violence No access
    5. Abuse of Children No access
    6. Children Deemed Witches No access
    7. Female Children Suicide Bombers No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. Acknowledgements No access
  12. Notes No access
  13. Bibliography No access
3. 1. The Meaning of the Common Good in a Community-Based Society No access
  2. African Modern Societies, Public Space and the Common Good No access
  3. Conclusion No access
  4. Bibliography No access
4. 1. The Traditional African Understanding of Well-Being No access
  2. The Dominating Global Conception of Well-being in Africa No access
  3. Our Proposed Conception of Well-Being in Contemporary Africa No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Clarification of Terms No access
  2. The Premier Leaders of Independent African States No access
  3. Nyerere’s Ujamaa Socialism No access
  4. 1. Ujamaa: Society as an African Family No access
    2. An Attitude of Mind and Values of Traditional Africa No access
    3. African Classless Society No access
  5. African Socialism: Ujamaa as the Basis No access
  6. 1. Nationalisation Policy No access
    2. Villagisation Scheme No access
  7. Evaluation No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Communitarianism or Communalism: A Significant Aspect in the African Setting No access
  2. Environment and Its Effects on the Way of Life No access
  3. Sexuality, Marriage and Family Life in Traditional African Settings No access
  4. Punishment, Reprimand and Penalty in the African Traditional Society No access
  5. Gender Roles in the African Traditional Settings No access
  6. African Traditional Medicine and Healing: ‘Treating, Diagnosing and Prevention’ No access
  7. Initiation Ceremonies and Rites of Passage in African Culture No access
  8. Morality and Ethics in the African Traditional Society No access
  9. Conclusion: Pre-colonial Accomplishments Fostered the General Well-being No access
  10. Bibliography No access
3. 1. The Origin of the Concept of Race No access
  2. 1. On the Natural Theory of Race No access
    2. On the Biological Theory of Race No access
    3. On the Cultural Theory of Race No access
    4. The Underpinning Philosophy of Globalisation No access
  3. 1. Globalisation and Cultural Identity No access
    2. Globalisation and Nationalism No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Bibliography No access
4. 1. Well-Being as Part of an Effective Historical Consciousness No access
  2. The Collaborative Ethics of Global Development and Social Learning: An Imperative in Stewardship No access
  3. Stewardship and the Emergence of Governance Regime No access
  4. Stewardship as a Process and as a form of Social Learning No access
  5. Collaborative Ethics of Governance and the Moral Contract No access
  6. 1. The Network of Resources and Information No access
    2. Social Learning and Experimentation No access
    3. Social Learning and Effective Historical Consciousness No access
    4. The Fusion of Horizons and the Moral Contract No access
  7. African Development and Moral Imagination No access
  8. Conclusion No access
  9. Notes No access
  10. Bibliography No access
Index No access Pages 271 - 274
1. Editors No access
2. Contributors No access