Rethinking Security in Nigeria: Conceptual Issues in the Quest for Social Order and National Integration

Authors

Dapo Adelugba (ed)
Philip Ogo Ujomu (ed)
Irene Omolola Adadevoh (ed)
Aduke G. Adebayo (ed)
Felix Amanor-Boadu (ed)
Olusegun Oladiran (ed)
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Lagos State University, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, University College Hospital, Ibadan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57054/codesria.pub.161

Keywords:

Nigeria, Security, National Integration, Social Order

Synopsis

CODESRIA, 2008, 172 p., ISBN : 2-86978-211-X (ISBN 13 : 9782869782112)

Rethinking Security in Nigeria adopts an alternate conceptual and methodological framework for rethinking national security in Nigeria by using the humanities’ multidisciplinary perspective against the backdrop of the hitherto restrictive analysis of the nature of national security. By expounding the largely unexplored cosmological, conceptual, ethical and aesthetic dimensions as key contributors to national survival and social integration, the volume argues systematically for a basic redefinition of the meanings of security, the value of life, government action and social re-engineering in order to create a new system of social order and integration. The authors attempt to extend the boundaries of previous theorizing on security by identifying alternate ethical and aesthetic approaches to national reconciliation and human development in present-day Nigeria, which faces major security challenges requiring the clarification of the basis for developing a just and harmonious society.

The study is a contribution to the quest for defining the vital socio-cultural norms and doctrinal imperatives needed for responsible cooperative human action. It examines the roles of dominant works of philosophy, literature, plays and performances in the creation of a philosophical basis for political stability and social reconciliation in the society. It extends the boundaries of previous aesthetic studies and redefines the roles of ethics and aesthetics as crucial contributors to security, human development and world civilisation.

Editors

Dapo Adelugba, a former Chair and Professor in the Department of Theatre Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, is a leading authority on Theatre Practice and Development especially Theatre History, Theory and Criticism of the Arts and Approaches to the Theatre Arts in Nigeria. He is currently a visiting professor at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria

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Author Biographies

Dapo Adelugba

is a former Chair and Professor in the Department of Theatre
Arts, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He has been a visiting professor at various
universities in and outside Nigeria. At the moment he is at the Ahmadu Bello
University, Zaria, Nigeria. He is a leading authority on Theatre Practice and Development
especially Theatre History, Theory and Criticism of the Arts and Approaches
to the Theatre Arts. Also he has pioneered some of the efforts to
interface Philosophy, Aesthetics and the Theatre in Nigeria.

Philip Ogo Ujomu

PhD is a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is interested in social philosophy, African philosophy, ethics, security issues and aspects of public policy. He has published some works in these areas.

Irene Omolola Adadevoh

was appointed Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy,
University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1998. Since then she has written a
number of articles on feminism, gender and ideology, and has participated in a
number of local and international seminars and conferences on feminism and
gender with reference to the African experience. Her doctorate research was on
gender philosophy and myths.

Aduke G. Adebayo

 is a Chair and Professor in the Department of Modern
European Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. She recently completed a tenure
as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts in the same university. She has made
contributions to French Studies especially aspects of Francophone African Literature
and Comparative Literature.

Felix Amanor-Boadu

 was a Lecturer in the Department of Modern European
Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently based in Ghana. He has
done some work in the area of German Studies especially German Language
and Literature and the cross-cultural implications of these for African social experience.

Olusegun Oladiran, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Lagos State University, Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, University College Hospital, Ibadan

holds a postgraduate degree in African Studies from the
University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is currently in the United Kingdom for further
studies in the areas of culture and belief systems. He is keenly interested in security
matters.

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