Being Born Is Not Enough

Afonso José Francisco Carpinteiro, Achegar Tiodósio Matias (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

92 Seiten

2025
Our Knowledge Publishing (Verlag)
9786206840039 (ISBN)

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This book reveals that the true transformation of life goes beyond birth. The book explores how initiation rituals, present in Mozambican cultures, symbolize the process of self-knowledge and maturation. Socrates said: "Know thyself", and it is in this confrontation with our own shadows that we find our way. However, modernity and globalization have distorted these rituals, turning them into empty spectacles, losing their spiritual depth. As Matthew 9:17 teaches us, "new wine cannot be put into old wineskins". Consumerist society and the superficiality of the media have turned rituals into something empty, far removed from their true purpose. The book challenges the reader to reflect on the impact of modern society on traditions and the search for authentic self-knowledge. Nietzsche says: "It is not life that matters, but how we live it". This book invites you on a journey of reflection, rescuing the value of rituals and showing that being born is only the beginning, but the true purpose of life is personal transformation.

Afonso José Francisco Carpinteiro, with a degree in History Teaching and a Master's in Political Science and African Studies, currently teaches at the School of Economics and Management in Pemba.Achegar Tiodósio Matias, PhD candidate in Communication Sciences at the Catholic University of Mozambique; Master in Sociology of Work and Organizations.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.05.2025
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	136 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Schlagworte	Ethnicity • Identity • initiation rites • Mozambique • spiritual traditions
ISBN-13	9786206840039 / 9786206840039
Zustand	Neuware