
African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning
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ISBN13: | 9781032587868 |
ISBN10: | 1032587865 |
Binding: | Hardback |
No. of pages: | 150 pages |
Size: | 246x174 mm |
Weight: | 435 g |
Language: | English |
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Philosophy in general
Logic
Metaphysics and ontology
Epistemology
Religious sciences in general
Regional studies
Modern and postmodern philosophy
Further readings in philosophy
Social geography
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This book is the first edited volume in the literature to concern itself, primarily, with the question of life?s meaning from an African perspective. It was originally published as a special issue of South African Journal of Philosophy.
This insightful book is the first edited book volume in the literature to concern itself, primarily, with the question of life?s meaning from the, largely under-explored, African perspective.
In this collection, the authors have undertaken to answer this question, and other related questions, by showing some of the possible conceptions of life?s meaning that can be derived from traditional African perspectives.
African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy, African studies, psychology, and religion. This book was originally published as a special issue of South African Journal of Philosophy.
Introduction: African perspectives to the question of life?s meaning 1. The African vital force theory of meaning in life 2. African theories of meaning in life: A critical assessment 3. A systematic account of African conceptions of the meaning of/in life 4. An African response to absurdism 5. An African approach to the meaning of life 6. The traditional Yor?bá conception of a meaningful life 7. An Afrocentric conceptualisation of life and immortality of values: A critical investigation on the paranormal and human dignity in southern Africa 8. Personhood and a meaningful life in African philosophy 9. Living as a person until death: An African ethical perspective on meaning in life 10. Situational ambivalence of the meaning of life in Yor?bá thought