Well-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development [Hardcover]

Well-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development, edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise M?ller, 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.

Bolaji Bateyeis associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Obafemi Awolowo University.
Mahmoud Masaeliis professor of human rights studies at Iran Academia.
Louise M?lleris senior research fellow at the University of KwaZulu Natal and a guest scholar at the Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS) at Leiden University.
Angela Roothaanis associate professor of philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

This book titled, Well-being in African Philosophy: Insights into Global Ethics of Development, is a timely academic contribution to the ongoing discourse regarding the role of African philosophy in enhancing well-being, upholding ethical values, as well as precipitating holistic development. Contributors, not only from Africa, but globally, engage into enlivening discussions on the interface between African philosophical principlesl£;