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This edition of the monograph with the title, The Role of Freedom in Relation to the Causes of Crises, provides a comprehensive analysis of the causes of socio-political crises in human society. It identifies war as a representative of such societal crises that agitate our thought and for which human beings all over the world, have been making concerted efforts to address. For this reason, it brings to the attention of the readers some of the accounts of the causes of crises in society which are peddled and discussed in the existing literature. It identifies freedom as a prime factor in the eruption of crises in society. It categorizes the denial of freedom as simply a deprivation of freedom and with specific examples drawn especially from the author´s immediate environment Nigeria - it goes further to discuss the role of freedom in relation to the causes of crises , under four broad headings, namely: Political Deprivation, Economic Deprivation, Cultural, and Religious factors. Finally, the work concludes with a submission that, crises/wars are caused by either the denial or excessive exercise of freedom.

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The Author, Dotun Ogunkoya, holds B.A (Hons.), M.A. and Ph.D degrees in Philosophy, all from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. He started his university teaching career in 1996 at Ogun State University, (now OOU) Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, University of Lagos, Nigeria.

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