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Record Nr.

UNINA9910424642103321

Autore

Murove Munyaradzi Felix

Titolo

African politics and ethics : exploring new dimensions / / Munyaradzi Felix Murove

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

3-030-54185-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

364.1323096

Soggetti

Political ethics - Africa

Political science - Philosophy

Ethics - Africa

Electronic books.

Africa Social conditions 1960-

Africa Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. African Ethics -- Chapter 2. Ethical Politics in the Context of African Traditional Religion -- Chapter 3. African Ethics and the Post-Colonial Politics of Tradition -- Chapter 4. The Predominance of Tradition and African Identity -- Chapter 5. African Traditional Humanism and the Ethic of Collectivism -- Chapter 6. Regional Integration and the Ethic of Co-operation in post-Colonial Africa -- Chapter 7. African Traditional Resources for Ethical Leadership -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Munyaradzi Felix Murove explores African traditional ethical resources for African politics. Arguing that African ethics is integral to African post-colonial political contentious discourse, Murove invites the reader to reflect on various problematic political issues in post-colonial Africa and how African ethics has been applied in these situations. Starting with a succinct discussion of the scope of African ethics, he discusses how African ethical values have been applied by post-colonial politicians in the reconstruction of their societies. Further, Murove looks critically at the issue of African poverty and how



the ethic of regional integration and economic cooperation among post-colonial African nation-states has been instrumental to efforts aimed at overcoming the scourge of poverty. The main question this book seeks to answer is: Are African traditional ethical values a panacea to modern African political problems?