Poetry and Ethics: Inventing Possibilities in Which We Are Moved to Action and How We Live Together (Globethics Global Series)

This book on the topic of ethics and poetry consists of contributions from different continents on the subject of applied ethics related to poetry. It should gather a favourable reception from philosophers, ethicists, theologians and anthropologists from Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America and allows for a comparison of the healing power of words from various religious, spiritual and philosophical traditions. The first part of this book presents original poems that express ethical emotions and aphorism related to a philosophical questioning of the grounding of our values for life. The poems are written by twelve authors coming from four continents, for whom poetic emotions are sources of artistic inspiration and that can be used for conflict resolution. In the second part, which features short essays, nine authors tackle how poems, symbolic representations, metaphorical narratives and lies impact the space of possibilities, in which we are moved to action, knowledge formation, and how we imagine the world together.

Dr Andrea Grieder is anthropologist and has established herself as an international expert with experience in the field of art, poetry and reconciliation in the context of post genocide Rwanda Prof. Dr Obiora Ike is Executive Director of Globethics.net in Geneva and Professor of Ethics at the Godfrey Okoye University Enugu/Nigeria. Dr Ignace Haaz has been teaching philosophy at the university of Fribourg Switzerland and is currently series editor, programme executive ethics library, publications manager and research expert at Globethics.net.