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On Modern Afro-Communitarianism and Matolino’s Commitment
ArụmarụkaAs human behaviour, practices, and needs evolve in Africa, there is doubt regarding the continued application of Afro-communitarianism as an explanatory model.
Tosin ADEATE
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A Review of Bernard Matolino’s Afro-Communitarian Democracy
ArụmarụkaBernard Matolino’s [Afro-communitarian Democracy] aims to discuss how communitarianism continues to influence African political theorisation. The book discusses how African political experiences have informed the formulation of two political theories ...
Tosin ADEATE
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Afro-Communitarianism and the Question of Rights
Theoria, 2018 We argue that Menkiti and Gyekye – the forerunners in Afro-communitarianism, to different extents both trivialise the notion of human rights. While Menkiti prioritises community and denies human rights, Gyekye who upholds human rights subsumes these to the community. We contend that both are however mistaken in their trivial conceptions of human rights.
Jonathan O. Chimakonam +1 more
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Locating Rights in the Afro-Communitarian Scheme: Testing the Compatibilist Argument
Arụmarụka, 2022 In this paper, I explore the relationship between individual rights and duties within the Afro-communitarian discourse in African political philosophy. The notion of individual rights is prominent in modern African political philosophy, which is usually ...
Tosin Adeate
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Religion, Animals, and the Problem of Evil: A Decolonial Approach from Relational Ontology
Religions, 2022 The fact that there is animal suffering in the world seems to challenge the existence of God. This is because although we can find plausible reasons for the existence of human suffering (the pursuit of a greater good), it seems that the suffering of ...
Luis Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Pao-Shen Ho
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Addressing exploitation and inequities in open science: A relational perspective
Developing World Bioethics, Volume 23, Issue 4, Page 331-343, December 2023., 2023 Abstract There are concerns that participation in open science will lead to various forms of exploitation – of researchers and scholars in low‐income countries and under‐resourced institutions. This article defends a contrary thesis and demonstrates the exact ways the underexplored notions of communal relationships, human dignity and social justice ...
Cornelius Ewuoso +3 more
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Reflections on Bernard Matolino’s Contribution to Philosophy in Africa
Arụmarụka, 2022 This paper reflects on Bernard Matolino’s contribution to philosophy. For heuristic purposes, I stipulate a distinction between what we may call the negative and positive projects when considering a philosopher’s body of work. The ‘negative project’ of a
Motsamai MOLEFE
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Feminist Anthropology, Volume 4, Issue 2, Page 264-278, November 2023., 2023 Abstract The 2018 film Roma popularized the idea that domestic work is a site through which female employers and employees can support one another as they confront the relegation of reproductive labor to women. Echoes of this narrative can be heard in the workshops provided to Nahua men and women of the Huasteca region of Mexico by what I call gender ...
Raquel Pacheco
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Red Maulanas: Revisiting Islam and the Left in twentieth‐century South Asia
History Compass, Volume 21, Issue 11, November 2023., 2023 Abstract In the early 20th century, colonised people across empires rejected their status quo with visions and articulations of different emancipatory futures. The more radical and creative of these projects fused socialist thought with national, cultural or religious traditions. Grounded in ideas of equality, redistribution and common ownership, these
Layli Uddin
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Emergency powers, anti‐corruption, and policy failures during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Puerto Rico
Law &Policy, Volume 45, Issue 3, Page 253-272, July 2023., 2023 Abstract This paper explores how the use of emergency powers by the US and Puerto Rican governments exacerbated the impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic and manufactured the conditions for furthering the multilayered economic, legal, political, and humanitarian crisis affecting Puerto Rico since 2006. The paper discusses three cases.
Jose Atiles
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