Deliberative agency : a study in modern African political philosophy

Deliberative agency : a study in modern African political philosophy / Uchenna Okeja.

"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 arou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Okeja, Uchenna B., 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Series:World philosophies.
Subjects:
Political science > Philosophy.
Philosophy, African.
Deliberative democracy > Africa > Philosophy.
Informational works.
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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