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Community and Communitarianism in Toni Morrison: Restoring the Self and Relating with the Other

Societies, 2021
Toni Morrison discusses the rebirth of the entire Black race through self-recovery. However, her novels are not limited to the identity of Black women and people but are linked to a wider community.
TaeJin Koh, Saera Kwak
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On Limited Communitarianism: Matolino’s Thinking and the Changing African World

Arụmarụka
In the corpus of African philosophy, Bernard Matolino has made a substantial contribution to the development of communitarian theory, offering a fresh perspective on the concept.
Mutshidzi MARAGANEDZHA
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The Difference between Moderate and Limited Communitarianism

Arụmarụka
This article uses philosophical analysis to defend the status of limited communitarianism as a standalone theory in African political philosophy. Early African scholars like Ifeanyi Menkiti argued that the community takes priority over the individual in ...
Lungelo Siphosethu MBATHA
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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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Rethinking benefit sharing in collaborative human genetic research from an Afrocommunitarian perspective

Frontiers in Genetics, 2022
This article draws on reflections about humanness, friendliness and partiality, in the writings of Afro-communitarians to develop principles for thinking critically about why benefit sharing, what may count as benefits within the context of human ...
Cornelius Ewuoso, Allan Sudoi, Dorcas Kamuya   +2 more
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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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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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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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Ethical and practical challenges in implementing informed consent in HIV/AIDS clinical trials in developing or resource-limited countries

SAHARA-J, 2009
Background/rationale: Ethical issues regarding HIV/AIDS human research in the developing world remain under continuous evaluation; a critical area of concern includes informed consent.
Kyriaki Mystakidou, Irene Panagiotou, Stelios Katsaragakis, Eleni Tsilika, Efi Parpa   +4 more
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