Review article
Some Reflections on Human Needs, Peace, Transculturality and Igbo Proverbs in the Light of Emmanuel Edeh’s African Philosophy
Miroslav Prstačić
; Croatian Psychosocial Oncology Association, Univetsity of Zagreb, Faculty of Education and Rahabilitation Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Within the framework of a transcultural, psychodynamic and holistic approach, Edeh’s concept of Man as Mma-di (in
Igbo language in Nigeria, mma-di = good that is, and mma-ndu = the beauty of Life) is presented as the nucleus of his
philosophical articulation from an African metaphysical-anthropological perspective. In this context, some refl ections are
shown on the following topics: human creativity and peace… of mind, body and soul, as existential values and entity in
bioethics; aspects of Edeh’s philosophy and his work on the peace in the world; transculturality and Igbo proverbs shaped
in form of Japanese Haiku poetry. These refl ections emphasize the importance of induced aesthetic mental state in the
subject, which derives from biological impulses but from archetypal and symbolic value of the object and continuously
enter into a metaphysical experience as a form of life energy and human existential need. In this context, we discover also
Edeh’s philosophy as a new stimulus for further refl ections and research on human life potentials, creativity, peace and
Man’s cosmic responsibility.
Keywords
Edeh’s philosophy; peace; bioethics; creativity; transculturality
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147808
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Publication date:
30.3.2015.
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