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WORLD PHILOSOPHIES: DELIBERATV AGENCY: MOD AFR POL PHIL

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<P>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 this book, a philosopher 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, this book 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.</P>

Deliberative Agency: A Study in Modern African Political Philosophy

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Deliberative Agency

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Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Dedication.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Other Frontmatter.
Introduction.
1: Defining The African Political Condition: The Paradigm of Political Failure.
2: African Political Thought: Theory through Conceptual Retrieval.
3: Normative Deficit: Toward a New Orientation in African Political Philosophy.
4: Palaver and Consensus&#x2014;Provenance of a Conceptual Apparatus.
5: Indigenous Political Concepts, Conceptual Loss, and Political Failure.
6: Conceptual Creativity: An Approach to Political Philosophy Here and Now.
7: Conceptualizing Political Philosophy through Conceptual Creativity.
8: Deliberative Agency and Meaning in Politics.
Epilogue.
Bibliography.
Index.
About the Author.

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Deliberative Agency: A Study in Modern African Political Philosophy