Paper short abstract:

The aim of this paper is to engage the future through the sociology of time and to see the extent to which the human community is involved in inventing the notion of the future. I aim to illustrate the nature of the future through the instance of the Igbo-African thought scheme.

Paper long abstract:

The aim of this paper is to engage the future through the sociology of time and to see the extent to which the human community is involved in inventing the notion of the future. I aim to illustrate the nature of the future through the instance of the Igbo-African thought scheme. What is the nature of the future? Is the future(time) an entity, a concept or a reality, etc. in Igbo thought? What if one re-conceptualizes time as dimension of thinking, how does it change the outcomes of thinking? What kind of the changes in the world-picture may one expect? What ethical, legal, epistemological and metaphysical goods would emerge from this study? Applying the Igbo thought scheme I aim to locate how or whether the future can be located in the Igbo/African thought scheme and where this future can be located. I engage the future in relation to ethical, legal, epistemological and metaphysical goods and attempt to locate how the idea of the future may have led to valuable ethical ,legal and epistemological outcomes for the Igbos society.