Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt

A Study in Classical African Ethics
1. Auflage 2003
ISBN: 978-0-415-94753-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 1050 g

Reihe: African Studies

This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt. It seeks to present Maat in the language of modern moral discourse while at the same time preserving and building on its distinctiveness as a moral ideal capable of inspiring and maintaining ethical philosophic reflection. The effort here is one of both interpretation and transmission of an ethical tradition, a project in which tradition is seen not simply as a precondition and process in which one comes, but also as an ongoing product of one's efforts to understand it. Locating himself within the tradition, the author seeks to test the conceptual elasticity of its major categories and contentions and to establish its capacity for critical moral discourse.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Karenga, Maulana

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Introduction 1. The Maatian Ideal: A Conceptual Framework 2. The Maatian Ideal: From the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom 3. The Maatian Ideal: From the New Kingdom to the Late Period 4. The Declarations of Innocence: Text and Moral Theology 5. Maatian Ontology 6. Maatian Anthropology 7. Maatian Social Pratice - I 8. Maatian Social Practice- II 9. Summary

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Maulana Karenga is professor and chair of the Department of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. He is also chair of the President's Task Force on Multicultural Education and Campus Diversity at California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Karenga holds two Ph.D.'s; his first in political science with focus on the theory and practice of nationalism (United States International University) and his second in social ethics with a focus on the classical African ethics of ancient Egypt (University of Southern California).