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  • Meaning in Life

    by Thaddeus Metz ...
    What makes a person's life meaningful? Thaddeus Metz offers a new answer to an ancient question which has recently returned to the philosophical agenda. He proceeds by examining what, if anything, all the conditions that make a life meaningful have in common. The outcome of this process is a philosophical theory of meaning in life. He starts by evaluating existing theories in terms of the classic ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Philosophy, Language, and Literature in an African Context

    by Beatrice Abonga Ajok, Gloria Rashid Akello, Sarah Amarorwot, Aloysius Tenywa Malagala, Dorica Deborah Mirembe, Betty J. Okot, Charles Nelson Okumu, Peace Yikiru, Thaddeus Metz ...
    Philosophy, Language, and Literature in an African Context investigates the link between philosophy and language in African literature. Wilfred Lajul and the contributors argue that African literature is more than the desire of literary writers to entertain or provoke thought, but rather a stylistic means through which they convey important information and philosophy. This book also probes into ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • God, Soul and the Meaning of Life

    by Thaddeus Metz ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Religion
    This Element critically explores the potential relevance of God or a soul for life's meaning as discussed in recent Anglo-American philosophical literature. There have been four broad views: God or a soul is necessary for meaning in our lives; neither is necessary for it; one or both would greatly enhance the meaning in our lives; one or both would substantially detract from it. This Element ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • African Philosophy of Religion and Western Monotheism

    by Kirk Lougheed, Motsamai Molefe, Thaddeus Metz ...
    Series series Elements in Religion and Monotheism
    The Abrahamic faiths of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are typically recognized as the world's major monotheistic religions. However, African Traditional Religion is, despite often including lesser spirits and gods, a monotheistic religion with numerous adherents in sub-Saharan Africa; it includes the idea of a single most powerful God responsible for the creation and sustenance of everything ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • African Political and Economic Philosophy with Africapitalism

    Concepts for African Leadership

    by Abayomi Sharomi, Emerson Abraham Jackson, Alex J. Wilson, Godwin Michael Adahada, Emmanuel Ogheneochuko Arodovwe, Philip Osarobu Isanbor, George Uzoma Ukagba, Anthony Raphael Etuk, Nana Kwasi Amoateng, Thaddeus Metz ...
    Series series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    This book creates (on the one hand) and explores (on the other hand) philosophies of African development suitable for Black sub-Saharan African countries. As an academic discipline focused on thought informed by indigenous moral values among Black peoples in the sub-Saharan region, African political philosophy involves philosophizing normatively about government by traditional Black African people ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • What Makes Life Meaningful?

    A Debate

    by Thaddeus Metz, Joshua W. Seachris ...
    Series series Little Debates about Big Questions
    Can human life be meaningful? What does talk about life’s meaning even mean? What is God’s role, if any, in a meaningful life? These three questions frame this one-of-a-kind debate between two philosophers who have spent most of their professional lives thinking and writing about the topic of life’s meaning.In this wide-ranging scholarly conversation, Professors Thaddeus Metz and Joshua W. ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Beauty in African Thought

    Critical Perspectives on the Western Idea of Development

    by Angela Roothaan, Stanley Uche Anozie, Daniel Banuoku, Birgit Boogaard, Frans Dokman, Abiodun Fatai, Bernard Yangmaadome Guri, Diana-Abasi Ibanga0, David Ludwig1, Pius Mosima2, Dorine E. van Norren3, Aderemi Oladele4, Nelson Shang5, Louise Müller7, Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi8, Oladosu Mudasiru Surajudeen9, Luke A. Amadi0, Wilfred Lajul1, Thaddeus Metz2 ...
    Series series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    A 2023 Choice Reviews Outstanding Academic TitleBeauty in African Thought: A Critique of the Western Idea of Development investigates how the concept of beauty in African philosophy and related qualitative social sciences may contribute to a richer intercultural exchange on the idea of development. While working within frameworks created in post-colonial and arguably neo-colonial times, African ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • A Relational Moral Theory

    African Ethics in and beyond the Continent

    by Thaddeus Metz ...
    A Relational Moral Theory draws on neglected resources from the Global South and especially the African philosophical tradition to provide a new answer to a perennial philosophical question: what do all morally right actions have in common as distinct from wrong ones? Thaddeus Metz points out that the principles of utility and of respect for autonomy, the two rivals that have dominated Western ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Contemporary Anti-Natalism

    Edited by Thaddeus Metz ...
    Given the pain, discomfort, anxiety, heartbreak, and boredom that most humans experience in their lives, is it morally permissible to create them? Some philosophers lately have answered ‘No’, contending that it is wrong to create a new human life when one could avoid doing so, because it would be bad for the one created. This view is known as ‘anti-natalism’. Some contributors to this volume argue ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person

    by Dismas A. Masolo, Katrin Flikschuh, Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe, Bernard Matolino, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ani, Helen Lauer, Uchenna Okeja, Simon Beck, Thaddeus Metz, Barry Hallen, Michael Onyebuchi Eze ...
    Series series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    Ifeanyi Menkiti’s articulation of an African conception of personhood—especially in “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought” —has become very influential in African philosophy. Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person contributes to the debate in African philosophy on personhood by engaging with various aspects of Menkiti’s account of person and community. The contributors examine ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Order

    by Gilad Ben-Nun, Cristina D'Alessandro, Adriana Abdenur, Cheryl Hendricks, Edmond Were, Giovanna Kuele, Fredrick Ogenga0, Ken Oluoch1, Ken Walibora2, Paul Opondo3, Phillip Kasaija4, Rosemary Anyona5, Sabala Kizito6, Solomon Dersso7, Tim Murithi8, Tom Ondicho9, Tom Syring0, Ushehwedu Kufakurinani1, Wesley Mwatwara2, Frew Yirgalem Mane3, Mercy Kathambi Kaburu4, Korwa Gombe Adar5, Thaddeus Metz6, Zach Levey7 ...
    Contemporary Africa and the Foreseeable World Ordersheds light on theplace of "Africa Agency” in the competitive and changing global system. This book provides scholars, policymakers, and other stakeholders studying and working on African issues with innovative solutions, strategies, knowledge, insights, case studies, and analyses to support decision-making on how best African states should ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Disentangling Consciencism

    Essays on Kwame Nkrumah's Philosophy

    by Martin Odei Ajei, Kofi Ackah, Paulin J. Hountondji, Tsenay Serequeberhan, Marcien Towa, Katrin Flikschuh, Stephen C. Ferguson II, John H. McClendon III, Richmond Kwesi0, Mogobe Ramose1, Ezekiel Mkhwanazi2, Raymond Osei3, Neera Chandhoke4, Thaddeus Metz5, Louise du Toit6, Leif Wenar7, Barry Hallen8 ...
    Series series African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
    Kwame Nkrumah is globally recognized as a foremost pan-Africanist strategist and statesman. He is less widely acknowledged as a philosopher, in spite of his considerable philosophical training, seminal contribution to African political theory, and incisive critique of the ethics of international relations. Consciencism has the distinctive status of being the only published book that Nkrumah ... Read more

    $55.09 USD