Seneca on slavery: An African perspective

Slavery is one of the humanistic concepts bothering the human society. Slavery can be seen as a state in which ones life and affairs are controlled by another; hence the slave is seen as a lesser being. The African society is dialectic in structure, thus there is the existence of the opposites; mast...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:  
Bibliographische Detailangaben
VerfasserInnen: Ukaulor, Chidimma Stella (VerfasserIn) ; Onumaegbu, Walter U. (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Verfügbarkeit prüfen: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Lade...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Veröffentlicht: Department of Religion and Human Relations, Nnamdi Azikiwe Univ. [2016]
In: Journal of religion and human relations
Jahr: 2016, Band: 8, Heft: 2, Seiten: 175-184
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Philosophus -65, Epistulae morales ad Lucilium / Sklaverei / Subsaharisches Afrika / Philosophie
RelBib Classification:AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus
KBN Subsahara-Afrika
weitere Schlagwörter:B Slavery
B Value
B Human Society
B Person
B Slaves
Online Zugang: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Beschreibung
Zusammenfassung:Slavery is one of the humanistic concepts bothering the human society. Slavery can be seen as a state in which ones life and affairs are controlled by another; hence the slave is seen as a lesser being. The African society is dialectic in structure, thus there is the existence of the opposites; master (free born) and slaves. The interest of this paper is on the basic ideas of Seneca on slavery. He wrote based on the inhuman treatment meted on slaves who are humans too and therefore advocates for the abolishment of slavery, otherwise they should be treated as persons,with voluntas and ratio. When there is mutual relationship and respect between humans, there would be enhancement of values, peace and development in the society.
ISSN:2006-5442
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and human relations