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    Beauty in African thought: critical perspectives on the Western idea of development (edited book)
    with Bolaji Bateye, Louise F. Müller, and Angela Roothaan
    Lexington Books. 2023.
    'Beauty in African Thought: A Critique of the Western Idea of Development' won the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Year 2023 as mentioned on the Rowman and Littlefield webpage. The book investigates how the concept of beauty in African philosophy and related qualitative social sciences may contribute to a richer intercultural exchange on the idea of development. While working within frameworks created in post-colonial and arguably neo-colonial times, African thinkers have reacted agains…Read more
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    Wellbeing in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development (edited book)
    with Bolaji Bateye, Louise F. Müller, and Angela C. M. Roothaan
    Rowman and Littlefield. 2023.
    Well-Being in African Philosophy: Insights for a Global Ethics of Development, edited by Bolaji Bateye, Mahmoud Masaeli, Louise Müller, and Angela Roothaan, explores the notion of well-being in African and intercultural philosophy and its insights into global ethics of development. Drawing from longstanding debates on communitarianism in the context of personhood in African philosophy, as well as those in intercultural philosophy, the diverse contributors present manifold ways to philosophize ab…Read more
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    Beauty in African Thought: A Critique of the Western Idea of Development investigates how the concept of beauty in African philosophy and related qualitative social sciences may contribute to a richer intercultural exchange on the idea of development. While working within frameworks created in post-colonial and arguably neo-colonial times, African thinkers have reacted against the mainstream view that restricts the meaning and scope of good development to economic growth and western-style educat…Read more
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    Faith in Democracy. Justice, Politics and Transcendence (edited book)
    with Nikolaos Asproulis, Rico Sneller, and Timo Slootweg
    Gompel&Svacina. 2020.
    This book explores the spiritual potential of faith, mysticism and transcendence in answer to the dangers of a mythologised state and the sacro-sanctification of (liberal) democracy and its rule of law. It searches for a curative for the pathological transformation of these institutions into--so called--political religions. Along this line, it explores the importance of spirituality and transcendence for political legitimacy, democratic participation and international cooperation, law and politi…Read more
  • Ethics and Spirituality in Global Ethics (edited book)
    . forthcoming.