@article{1482423,
      recid = {1482423},
      author = {Attoe, Aribiah D.,},
      title = {The question of life's meaning : an African perspective /},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 203 pages)},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {"The author of this challenging book beautifully curates a  tussle between the meaningfulness and meaninglessness of  life in the first two parts. By the third part, it becomes  clear that the outcome of this tussle was always  inevitable: what is the point of a pointless universe? Once  you get this gist in chapter nine, it is read on at your  own peril. The final thesis of this work exposes the  insincerity of life, the deceptions of fate and the  mischiefs of God itself. Only death is real, honest and  trustworthy! Indeed, if life were meaningless, what other  choices do we have? The author's attempt to answer this  question is a bold and brutal inquiry into an  ultra-sensitive topic. Only a dare-devil philosopher could  write this book!" -Jonathan O Chimakonam, Department of  Philosophy, University of Pretoria; President, The  Conversational Society of Philosophy "Aribiah Attoe has  written the first monograph to squarely address the  philosophy of life's meaning in the African tradition. In  it Attoe eschews long-standing religious views, such as  that life's meaning consists of fulfilling a destiny God  has assigned, promoting a divine vital energy, or becoming  an ancestor. Instead, Attoe mines and refines approaches in  African thought that he deems compatible with a  contemporary scientific outlook. The results include fresh  answers to major questions such as what make parts of a  life meaningful, whether life as a whole is meaningful, and  how to respond to the prospect of meaninglessness."  -Thaddeus Metz, Professor of Philosophy, University of  Pretoria, South Africa In answering the question of life's  meaning, the African perspective is only just beginning to  emerge. While this is true, a critical examination of  African theories of meaningfulness, the possibility of  life's meaninglessness, as well as ideas about the proper  mode/mood for living with the meaninglessness of life are  largely underexplored within the African philosophical  tradition. 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 with the meaninglessness of life.  Aribiah David Attoe is a Lecturer at the University of  Witwatersrand and a member of the prestigious  Conversational School of Philosophy.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1482423},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41842-6},
}