The Question of Life's Meaning An African Perspective
This book provides several plausible accounts of meaning in/of life from an African perspective, examines the relationship between death and life’s meaningfulness, and explores the possibility of life’s meaninglessness, proposing the “philosophy of indifference” as the proper mode/mood for living wi...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Laying the Groundwork
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Understanding “Meaning”
- 3. African Metaphysical Thought: What We Mean and Why It Is Important
- Part II. African Conceptions of Meaning in Life
- 4. Some Traditional African Conceptions of Meaning in Life
- 5. Rejecting the Obsolete
- 6. Accounts of Life’s Meaningfulness from a Contemporary African Perspective
- 7. Passionate Yearning Theory as a Theory of Meaning in Life
- Part III. The Meaning(lessness) of Life
- 8. A “Concept” of the Meaning of Life
- 9. Death and Meaninglessness
- Part IV. Living with Meaninglessness
- 10. The Path of Meaninglessness: Beyond Ada Agada’s Consolationism
- 11. The Philosophy of Indifference: An Introduction
- 12. Indifference and the Future of Human Existence: Towards an Anti-Natalist Destiny and Specie Suicide?
- 13. Conclusion.