Louise Müller

She is the editor-in-chief of two books in African Philosophy titled ‘Beauty in African thought: critical perspectives on the Western idea of development’ (winner of the choice award) and ‘Well-being in African Philosophy: insights for a Global Ethics of development’ both published by Bloomsbury, London in 2023 (see: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/beauty-in-african-thought-9781793630759/ & https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wellbeing-in-african-philosophy-9781978776135/. In 2013, she wrote the interdisciplinary monograph titled ‘Religion and Chieftaincy in Ghana’ (Lit Verlag, 2013). Louise also published various articles.

Recent publications:

Müller, L. F., & Chew, B. C. (2024). Ghanaian Ubuntu and Malaysian Confucian sustainable plastic waste management and leadership styles in Afro-Asiatic intercultural perspective. In E. Chitando, B. Okyere-Manu, S. Chirongoma, & M. W. Dube (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Ubuntu, Inequality and Sustainable Development (pp. 123–137). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Müller, L. F. (2025). Placide Tempels’ Bantu Philosophy: A study of its introduction and reception. The Journal of Oriental and African Studies, 34(Nov.), 1–13. Series: Bibliotheca Orientalis and Africana, Vol. 2. https://joastudies.wordpress.com/

Müller, L. F. (2024). Sophie Olúwolé of Nigeria, 1935–2018. In M. E. Waithe & T. B. Dykeman (Eds.), Women philosophers from non-western traditions: The first four thousand years (pp. 455–468). New York: Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-28563-9?page=2#toc

Müller, L. F. (2023). Human wellbeing in intercultural philosophical perspective: A focus on the Akan philosophy of Wiredu, Gyekye, and Appiah. In B. Bateye, M. Masaeli, L. F. Müller, & A. Roothaan (Eds.), Wellbeing in African philosophy: Insights for a global ethics of development (pp. 22–58). Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/wellbeing-in-african-philosophy-9781978776135/

Müller, L. F., & Roothaan, A. (2023). Introduction. In L. F. Müller & A. Roothaan (Eds.), Beauty in African thought: Critical perspectives on the Western idea of development (pp. 1–11). Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/beauty-in-african-thought-9781793630759/