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

• Autore: Wariboko Nimi <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 241
• Soggetto topico: Christian ethics; Social ethics - Nigeria - Niger River Delta; Time - Moral and ethical aspects - Nigeria - Niger River Delta; Kalabari (African people) - Social life and customs
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethics and time
• ISBN: 979-82-16-32217-7; 1-282-92200-9; 9786612922008; 0-7391-5030-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910972444303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II