Deliberative agency: [electronic resource] : a study in modern African political philosophy

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서명/저자사항	Deliberative agency: [electronic resource]: a study in modern African political philosophy / Uchenna Okeja.
개인저자	Okeja, Uchenna B., 1983- author.
발행사항	Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, [2022]
형태사항	1 online resource.
총서사항	World philosophies
ISBN	9780253059901 0253059909 9780253059895 0253059895
서지주기	Includes bibliographical references and index.
내용주기	Introduction -- Defining the African Political Condition: The Paradigm of Political Failure -- African Political Thought: Theory through Conceptual Retrieval -- Normative Deficit: Toward a New Orientation in African Political Philosophy -- Palaver and Consensus-Provenance of a Conceptual Apparatus -- Indigenous Political Concepts, Conceptual Loss, and Political Failure -- Conceptual Creativity -- Conceptualizing Political Philosophy through Conceptual Creativity -- Deliberative Agency and Meaning in Politics -- Epilogue.
요약	"Public deliberation, highly valued by many African societies, becomes the cornerstone of a new system of African political philosophy in this brilliant, highly original study. In Deliberative Agency, philosopher Uchenna Okeja offers a way to construct a new political center by building it around the ubiquitous African practice of public deliberation, a widely accepted means to resolve legal matters, reconcile feuding groups, and reestablish harmony. In cities, hometown associations and voluntary organizations carry out the task of fostering deliberation among African groups for different reasons. In some instances, the deliberation aims to settle disputes. In others, the aim is to decide the best action to take to address unfortunate incidents such as death. Through a measured, comparative analysis, Deliberative Agency argues that the best way to reimagine and harness the idea of public deliberation, based on current experiences in Africa, is to see it as performance of agency. Building a new political center around the practice places agency at the core of a new political life in Africa"--
해제	Provided by publisher.
주제명(지명)	Africa. --fast
일반주제명	Political science --Philosophy. Philosophy, African. Deliberative democracy --Africa --Philosophy. Philosophie africaine. Démocratie délibérative --Afrique --Philosophie. PHILOSOPHY / Political Philosophy, African. Political science --Philosophy.
분류기호(DDC)	320.101
언어	영어
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