TY - JOUR
T1 - The question of immanence in Kwasi Wiredu's consensual democracy
AU - Ani, Emmanuel Ifeanyi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Kwasi Wiredu, arguably the most influential African philosopher, has proposed a democracy by consensus as an alternative to the majoritarian democracy African countries inherited from their colonial masters. His proposal has generated a lot of debates, and these debates have spanned several aspects of his proposal. In this paper, I focus on the debate regarding his attribution of immanence to the practice of consensus in traditional African social relations. Bernard Matolino has recently written an article defending Wiredu?s employment of the word immanence in describing the traditional African attitude to social relations. In this article, I find Matolino?s defense to be unsustainable.
AB - Kwasi Wiredu, arguably the most influential African philosopher, has proposed a democracy by consensus as an alternative to the majoritarian democracy African countries inherited from their colonial masters. His proposal has generated a lot of debates, and these debates have spanned several aspects of his proposal. In this paper, I focus on the debate regarding his attribution of immanence to the practice of consensus in traditional African social relations. Bernard Matolino has recently written an article defending Wiredu?s employment of the word immanence in describing the traditional African attitude to social relations. In this article, I find Matolino?s defense to be unsustainable.
KW - Africa
KW - Axiomatic
KW - Consensus
KW - Democracy
KW - Immanence
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U2 - 10.3726/cul.2018.01.10
DO - 10.3726/cul.2018.01.10
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85049515654
SN - 1584-1057
VL - 15
SP - 161
EP - 176
JO - Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology
JF - Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology
IS - 1
ER -