Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ethics and Society in NigeriaCondition: NewEAN: 9781580469432ISBN: 9781580469432Publisher: University of Rochester PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/15/2019Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Nimi WaribokoLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Identity, History, Political TheoryISBN-10: 1580469434Description: Offers a radical political interpretation of history that generates fresh insights into the emancipatory potential of ordinary Nigerians and their precolonial cultural institutionsThis pathbreaking book constructs a socio-ethical identity of Nigeria that can advance its political development. Its method is based on the rediscovery of the practices and principles of emancipatory politics and a retrieval of fundamental virtues and capabilities that go to the core of the functioning of pluralistic communities. Ethics and Society in Nigeria: Identity, History, Political Theory critically engages history, myth, political philosophy, and religion to demonstrate that Nigeria has an unfolding historic identity that can serve as a resource for sustaining increasing levels of human flourishing and democratic republicanism. Located at the intersectionof history and political theory, this work identifies the nature of Nigeria's moral problem, forges the political-theoretic discursive framework for a robust analysis of the problem, and shows a pathway out of the nation's predicament. This three-pronged approach is founded on the retrieval of moral exemplars from the past and critical engagement with history as a social practice, philosophical concept, discipline of study, form of social imaginary, and witness of the flows of contemporary events. Using this methodology, author Nimi Wariboko analyzes various forms of political, religious, and revolutionary identities that have been put forth by different groups in the country and then examines their usefulness for the transformation of Nigeria's problematic socio-ethical identity. NIMI WARIBOKO is the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at Boston University. He is the author of NigerianPentecostalism, available from University of Rochester Press.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the DiasporaGenre: HistoryItem Weight: 498gRelease Year: 2019 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Ethics and Society in Nigeria
Title: Ethics and Society in Nigeria
EAN: 9781580469432
ISBN: 9781580469432
Release Date: 03/15/2019
Release Year: 2019
Subtitle: Identity, History, Political Theory
ISBN-10: 1580469434
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: History
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Ethics and Society in Nigeria : Identity, History, Political Theory
Language: English
Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Corruption & Misconduct, Africa / West, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Ethnic & Tribal, Social Psychology, World / African
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: Nimi Wariboko
Item Length: 9.4 in
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Philosophy, Social Science, Psychology, History
Item Width: 7.7 in
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.
Format: Hardcover
