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

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&...

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Collaborateurs: Wariboko, Nimi 1962- (Autre)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Lanham, Md Lexington Books ©2010
Dans:Année: 2010
Recensions:Ethics and Time: Ethos of Temporal Orientation in Politics and Religion of the Niger Delta (2012) (Browning, Melissa, 1977 - 2021)
Sujets non-standardisés:B Electronic books Electronic books
B Time Moral and ethical aspects Nigeria Niger River Delta
B Time Moral and ethical aspects (Nigeria) (Niger River Delta)
B Religion
B Kalabari (African people) Social life and customs
B Nigeria ; Niger River Delta
B Social Ethics
B Time Moral and ethical aspects Niger River Delta Nigeria
B Social Ethics Nigeria Niger River Delta
B Christian Ethics
B RELIGION ; Christian Theology ; Ethics
B Social Ethics Niger River Delta Nigeria
B Social Ethics (Nigeria) (Niger River Delta)
B Philosophy
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Résumé: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
Description:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
Description matérielle:Online Ressource (xiv, 178 pages)
ISBN:0739150308