African Perspectives to the Question of Life''s Meaning

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.

List of contents

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 Yorùbá 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 Yorùbá thought

About the author

Aribiah D. Attoe is Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and a member of the prestigious Conversational School of Philosophy. His interests include: African Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, and Social and Political Philosophy. He is currently working on his forthcoming book The Question of Life's Meaning: An African Perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Aribiah D. (University of the Witwatersrand Attoe
• Assisted by: Aribiah D. Attoe (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032587875
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258787-5
• No. of pages: 140
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PHILOSOPHY / General, RELIGION / General, PHILOSOPHY / Religious, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, Africa, Philosophy of Mind, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, PHILOSOPHY / Individual Philosophers, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, PHILOSOPHY / Hermeneutics, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Regional Studies, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Regional / International studies, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies