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African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation (Paperback)
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African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
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African Philosophy and Environmental Conservation is about the
unconcern for, and marginalisation of, the environment in African
philosophy. The issue of the environment is still very much
neglected by governments, corporate bodies, academics and
specifically, philosophers in the sub-Saharan Africa. The
entrenched traditional world-views which give a place of privilege
to one thing over the other, as for example men over women, is the
same attitude that privileges humans over the environment. This
culturally embedded orientation makes it difficult for stake
holders in Africa to identify and confront the modern day
challenges posed by the neglect of the environment. In a continent
where deep-rooted cultural and religious practices, as well as
widespread ignorance, determine human conduct towards the
environment, it becomes difficult to curtail much less overcome the
threats to our environment. It shows that to a large extent, the
African cultural privileging of men over women and of humans over
the environment somewhat exacerbates and makes the environmental
crisis on the continent intractable. For example, it raises the
challenging puzzle as to why women in Africa are the ones to plant
the trees and men are the ones to fell them. Contributors address
these salient issues from both theoretical and practical
perspectives, demonstrating what African philosophy could do to
ameliorate the marginalisation which the theme of environment
suffers on the continent. Philosophy is supposed to teach us how to
lead the good life in all its forms; why is it failing in this duty
in Africa specifically where the issue of environment is concerned?
This book which trail-blazes the field of African Philosophy and
Environmental Ethics will be of great interest to students and
scholars of Philosophy, African philosophy, Environmental Ethics
and Gender Studies.
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