African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning

Aribiah D. Attoe (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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Routledge
30 January 2025

Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; Phenomenology & Existentialism; Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology; Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge; Philosophy of mind

This insightful book is the first edited book volume in the literature to concern itself, primarily, with the question of life’s meaning from the, largely under-explored, African perspective.

In this collection, the authors have undertaken to answer this question, and other related questions, by showing some of the possible conceptions of life’s meaning that can be derived from traditional African perspectives.

African Perspectives to the Question of Life's Meaning will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of philosophy, African studies, psychology, and religion. This book was originally published as a special issue of South African Journal of Philosophy.

Edited by: Aribiah D. Attoe (University of the Witwatersrand South Africa)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 276g
ISBN: 9781032587875
ISBN 10: 1032587873
Pages: 140
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: African perspectives to the question of life’s meaning 1. The African vital force theory of meaning in life 2. African theories of meaning in life: A critical assessment 3. A systematic account of African conceptions of the meaning of/in life 4. An African response to absurdism 5. An African approach to the meaning of life 6. The traditional Yorùbá conception of a meaningful life 7. An Afrocentric conceptualisation of life and immortality of values: A critical investigation on the paranormal and human dignity in southern Africa 8. Personhood and a meaningful life in African philosophy 9. Living as a person until death: An African ethical perspective on meaning in life 10. Situational ambivalence of the meaning of life in Yorùbá thought

Aribiah D. Attoe is Lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa and a member of the prestigious Conversational School of Philosophy. His interests include: African Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, and Social and Political Philosophy. He is currently working on his forthcoming book The Question of Life’s Meaning: An African Perspective.