The humanities and the dynamics of African culture in the 21st century /
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| Imprint: | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. |
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| Description: | ix, 480 pages ; 21 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11619613 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Ruminations in Metaphysics and Psychology
- Chapter 1. Liberation Humanities?
- Chapter 2. Consensus in Philosophy and the Dynamics of African Culture
- Chapter 3. Integrative Metaphysics and Justice System in Communalism: Relevance to Contemporary Africa
- Chapter 4. Attaining Good Governance: Lessons from Isoko Indigenous Philosophy of Leadership
- Chapter 5. Challenges and Prospects of Paul Feyerabend's 'Flight from Reason' for Science and Epistemology in Africa
- Chapter 6. Revalidating the Child Depression Scale of the Centre for Epidemiology Studies in Nigeria
- Part II. Traditions: Pathos and Ethos
- Chapter 7. Population Growth and Environmental Ethics: A Study of Edo State, Nigeria
- Chapter 8. Exploring the Ethics of Care in African Indigenous Thought
- Chapter 9. African Youth Unemployment in the Third Millennium
- Part III. African Religions Interrogated
- Chapter 10. Continuity and Discontinuity in 'Missionary' Christianity and African Traditional Religion
- Chapter 7. Islam and Esan Cultural Values in the 21 st Century
- Chapter 12. Traditional Burial Rites and Christianity in Culture Clash: Focus on Mgbowo Community, Enugu State
- Chapter 13. The 21 st Century Nigerian Church and its Dynamic Interaction with African Traditional Religion
- Chapter 14. Chastity in Biblical Times and Edo Culture: A Remedy for HIV/AIDS Pandemic in 21 st Century Nigeria
- Part IV. Cinematic and Literary Connects
- Chapter 15. African Cinema: Troubling the (Cinematic World) Order
- Chapter 16. The Émigré Returns: A Critique of Migrant Culture in Three Contemporary Francophone Narratives
- Chapter 17. Eruptions of Naked Narrative in Selected African Novels
- Chapter 18. Text, Culture and Meaning in Emma Eregare's The Curse of a Woman and Osadebamwen Oamen's The Women of Orena are wiser than the gods
- Chapter 19. Contemporary Africa in Lenrie Peters' Poetry
- Part V. Linguistics/Language Dialectics
- Chapter 20. Can Reincarnation Explain Linguistic Competence/Prodigy?
- Chapter 21. Gender and Meaning in Igbo Romantic Pet-Names
- Chapter 22. Hausa and Rundi Proverbs: A Semantic Analysis
- Chapter 23. Effects of Grammar-Translation Method on Teaching of French in Junior Secondary Schools in Edo State, Nigeria
- Chapter 24. Aspects of Igbo Dialectology: Exploring the Sound Change between Nri and Ogwashi Dialects of Igbo
- Part VI. Cultural Identities and Values
- Chapter 25. African Youth in the Context of 21 st Century Cultural Dislocation: A Peep into Nigeria
- Chapter 26. Globalization and Cultural Management: Between Modernization and Westernization of African Culture
- Chapter 27. Emerging Culture of Negative Values in Contemporary Nigeria: Implications for National Development
- Chapter 28. Scrutinizing Scales of Kidnapping in Nigeria: The Edo State Experience
- Part VII. Performing Arts and Media in African Culture
- Chapter 29. Nigeria, Mass Media and Gay Culture
- Chapter 30. Curtailing Security Challenges and Strengthening Democratic Spaces in Nigeria through Media Inventiveness
- Part VIII. Culture: Theoretical/Historical Conceptualizations
- Chapter 31. African Culture and Its Paradox in the 21st Century: The Nigerian Experience
- Chapter 32. Theoretical and Conceptual Understanding of the Dynamics of African Culture
- Chapter 33. Multidisciplinary Approach to the Study of African History in the 21 st Century
