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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785326103321

Autore

Wariboko Nimi <1962->

Titolo

Ethics and time [[electronic resource] ] : ethos of temporal orientation in politics and religion of the Niger Delta / / Nimi Wariboko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2010

ISBN

1-282-92200-9

9786612922008

0-7391-5030-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

241

Soggetti

Christian ethics

Social ethics - Nigeria - Niger River Delta

Time - Moral and ethical aspects - Nigeria - Niger River Delta

Kalabari (African people) - Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Creating Time Gaps; Chapter 2. Chiefs: Subjects to Freedom; Chapter 3. Imagination: Source of Self and Religion; Chapter 4. Apocalypticism: The Struggle for a Relevant Future; Chapter 5. Temporal Orientation and Philosophy of History; Chapter 6. The Virtue of Time; Chapter 7. Kairos and Economic Development; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ethics and Time investigates how temporal orientation influence social-ethics. Re-conceptualizing temporal orientation as the production of new temporalities that allow humans to manifest their potentialities and creatively resist obstacles that impede their flourishing, it shows how a social group's orientation to time frames, informs, and drives its politics and religion. It uses an African culture as a practical case study to concretely illustrate the form and dynamics of the interconnections.