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Arụmarụka, 2021 Jonathan Chimakonam’s advocacy of conversational thinking has taken African philosophy by storm. It is not an exaggeration to say that no one working in African philosophy, today, can say they are unaware of the so-called Conversational Society of ...
Bernard Matolino
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What Ubuntu Cannot Do for South Africa and Zimbabwe
Arụmarụka, 2023 Academic discourse on ubuntu, both in South Africa and Zimbabwe, coincided with the arrival of freedom in these countries. Ubuntu’s revival sought to show that there was an African alternative to the oppressive regimes that had cruelly governed both ...
Bernard MATOLINO
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What is this Thing Called the System of Conversational Thinking (SCT)? A Reply to Critics
Arụmarụka, 2021 This essay is an attempt to address some concerns raised in rejoinders to my theory. I summarise the main concerns in the question, “What is this thing called the System of Conversational Thinking?” Three respectable colleagues, Chad Harris, Bruce Janz ...
Jonathan Chimakonam
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An Outline of the Basis of a New Afro-Communitarian Political Theory of Democracy
Arụmarụka, 2022 My aim in this paper is to offer an explanation of the orientation I have adopted in my work on African political theory. This explanation is necessitated by some puzzlement that has arisen as a result of the commitment I have sought to pursue.
Bernard MATOLINO
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The Philosophical Forum, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 137-156, Summer 2024.Abstract Oftentimes, we have been informed that democracy is the best form of government possible. In African politics, this view has mostly been adopted and pursued as true. Surprisingly, democracy has mostly failed as a system in most parts of the continent—with most democratic governments undermining the mandates of the citizens who are supposed to ...
Aribiah David Attoe
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Communitarianism, personhood and politics: Engaging with the philosophy of Bernard Matolino
Arụmarụka: Journal of Conversational ThinkingNo ...
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Ethnophilosophy as a global development goal
Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 2, Page 147-161, April 2024.Abstract The ethnophilosophy debate in African philosophy has been primarily concerned with the nature and future direction of African philosophy, but this paper approaches the debate in search of lessons about philosophy in general. The paper shows how this ongoing debate has been obscured by varying understandings of “ethnophilosophy” and that a de ...
James Tartaglia
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Legon Journal of the Humanities, 2018 One of the most difficult intellectual problems which humans have over the ages sought to resolve is the question of personal identity. And in disparate philosophical systems, including the African, reflections on personhood have sometimes taken an ethical or religious turn, or both.
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The (Mal) Function of “it” in Ifeanyi Menkiti’s Normative Account of Person
African Studies Quarterly, 2011 The prominent African philosopher Ifeanyi Menkiti is of the view that the African conception of personhood is decidedly communitarian. He argues, however, that although there are various ways of conceiving the communitarian concept of personhood, some of
Bernard Matolino
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Can Africa Achieve Open Border Migration?
Global justice: Theory, Practice, RhetoricGlobally, the population of the African continent is increasing at the highest rate, and intracontinental migration is also increasing. Africans are moving more frequently inside their own continent for social, political, medical, and economic reasons ...
Ovett Nwosimiri
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