ISBN: 9781501398070 - social ethics and governance in contemporary african writing: literature, philosophy, and the nigerian world (black literary and cultural expressions) (9 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing is the first book to bring rigorous literary, philosophical, and artistic discourse together to interrogate the ethics of governance and development in postcolonial Africa. It takes literature seriously as a context for philosophical reflection, vividly engaging the human agency, creativity, and resourcefulness of local Nigerians as political and social actors and shedding new light on the dynamics of human flourishing.Drawing on important secondary scholarship across several humanities disciplines, especially literature, philosophy, and the performing arts, Nimi Wariboko provides compelling and innovative analysis of the challenges and opportunities on governance and development in postcolonial Nigerian state and society. With a detailed introductory chapter and an authoritative analysis contained in six cohesive chapters, all anchored in political and social ethics and close readings of fascinating literary and artistic works-such as A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass and the comedy skits of MC Edo Pikin-this is a landmark contribution to Nigerian cultural studies. Wariboko's practical engagement between literature and philosophy also opens up new ways of seeing literary analysis as ethical methodology, beyond the specific contexts of Nigeria or Africa.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorNimi Wariboko is the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University, USA. The five pillars of his scholarship are Continental Philosophy, Social Ethics, Economics Ethics, African Social Traditions, a.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Social Ethics and Governance in Contemporary African Writing | Literature, Philosophy, and the Nigerian World | or Nimi Wariboko | Taschenbuch | Black Literary and Cultural Expressions | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch | 2023 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | EAN 9781501398070 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.…