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Tracing Matolino’s Basis of a New Afro-Communitarian Political Theory of Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
Bernard Matolino is one of the outstanding philosophers who left an indelible mark on the development of African philosophy. In his philosophical works, Matolino has mainly focused on the idea of personhood in African philosophy, a critique of (African ...
Simon MAKWINJA
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Bernard Matolino’s Outline of the Basis for a New Afro-Communitarian Democracy

Arụmarụka, 2022
In this paper, I engage with Bernard Matolino’s proposal for a new Afro-communitarian democracy as presented in his works “An Outline of the basis of a new Afro-communitarian political theory”, “Afro-Communitarian Democracy” and “Consensus as Democracy ...
Joyline GWARA
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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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Dreaming Ubuntu: Jungian Studies, Forgiveness, and Jung's Recalcitrant Fourth. [PDF]

J Anal Psychol
Abstract Jung’s recalcitrant fourth comes in from a place of opposition, demanding that what has been neglected be considered. It is in the spirit of the fourth that the author examines the use of Ubuntu in Jungian literature, cautioning against a decontextualized appropriation of the notion that overlooks its diverse interpretations and usages ...
Cerminara B.
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Some Practical Applications of Bernard Matolino’s Limited Communitarianism

Arụmarụka
Bernard Matolino’s critique of both the radical and moderate communitarian conception of personhood in African philosophy has itself been widely criticized by scholars such as Anthony Oritsegbugbemi Oyowe, Kai Horsthemke, and Mesembe Edet, just to ...
Maduka ENYIMBA, Chukwuemeka AWUGOSI
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A Review of Bernard Matolino’s Afro-Communitarian Democracy

Arụmarụka
Bernard 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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1. Should Africans Give Up on the Epistemic Decolonisation Project? A Critical Evaluation of Bernard Matolino’s “Whither Epistemic Decolonisation”

Arụmarụka
In 21st-century Africa, decolonisation has become the heartbeat of African philosophy, and epistemic decolonisation has taken the protagonist role in the theatre of African philosophy.
Brian CHIBVONGODZE
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Practicing ubuntu

The Philosophical Forum, Volume 54, Issue 3, Page 143-159, Fall 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper discusses one particular way we may put the idea of sharing in ubuntu philosophy into practice: moderate selflessness. Moderate selflessness is an important tool that might help us pursue other‐regarding behaviour alongside the agent's genuine well‐being interests to help disrupt the antagonistic gap between humanity and nonhumanity.
Olusegun Steven Samuel
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A social ontology of “maximal” persons

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 52, Issue 1, Page 147-163, March 2022., 2022
Abstract In this paper, I address a range of arguments put forward by Kwame Gyekye (1992) and Bernard Matolino (2014) denying Menkiti’s twin propositions that persons differ ontologically from human beings and that human attitudes, behaviours and practices constitute persons in social reality. They argue that his account of “maximal” persons, rooted in
Oritsegbubemi Anthony Oyowe
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Philosophers’ debt to their students: The South African case

Transformation in Higher Education, 2020
Philosophy teachers owe their students a little more than mere formal instruction of topics popular in philosophy. What they owe their students is largely influenced by philosophy’s claims to be a discipline that is principally dedicated to the study and
Bernard Matolino
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