TY - JOUR
T1 - Negotiating pre-colonial history and future democracy
T2 - Examining Lauer’s intervention on Wiredu’s consensual democracy
AU - Ani, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
AU - Etieyibo, Edwin
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Philippine National Philosophical Research Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Kwasi Wiredu proposed a democracy by consensus, inspired by the consensual practices of the traditional Akan of Africa. But his presentation of the traditional consensual practices has been criticized for inaccurateness. Helen Lauer embarks on what she sees as cleaning the debate of the misreading of Wiredu’s presentation of traditional consensual practices by his critics. This is commendable. However, we claim that she does not succeed in the task that she set out to do. We argue that her failure partly has to do with her subscribing to a one-sided assessment of such a history, which influenced the manner she evaluated the debate and some of the fallacies that crept into analysis.
AB - Kwasi Wiredu proposed a democracy by consensus, inspired by the consensual practices of the traditional Akan of Africa. But his presentation of the traditional consensual practices has been criticized for inaccurateness. Helen Lauer embarks on what she sees as cleaning the debate of the misreading of Wiredu’s presentation of traditional consensual practices by his critics. This is commendable. However, we claim that she does not succeed in the task that she set out to do. We argue that her failure partly has to do with her subscribing to a one-sided assessment of such a history, which influenced the manner she evaluated the debate and some of the fallacies that crept into analysis.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068616595
SN - 2244-1875
VL - 20
SP - 111
EP - 131
JO - Philosophia (Philippines)
JF - Philosophia (Philippines)
IS - 1
ER -