LEADER 03162oam 2200469 450 001 9910823122903321 005 20230718122749.0 010 $a0-253-05990-9 035 $a(OCoLC)1280407754 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL56R6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9920343324600041 100 $a20210928h20222022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun|---uuuua 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeliberative agency $ea study in modern African political philosophy /$fUchenna Okeja 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBloomington, Indiana :$cIndiana University Press,$d[2022] 210 4$dİ2022 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) 225 1 $aWorld philosophies 311 08$aPrint version: Okeja, Uchenna Deliberative Agency Bloomington : Indiana University Press,c2022 9780253059925 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $a"Public deliberation, highly valued by many African societies, becomes the cornerstone of a new system of African political philosophy in this brilliant, highly original study. In Deliberative Agency, philosopher Uchenna Okeja offers a way to construct a new political center by building it around the ubiquitous African practice of public deliberation, a widely accepted means to resolve legal matters, reconcile feuding groups, and reestablish harmony. In cities, hometown associations and voluntary organizations carry out the task of fostering deliberation among African groups for different reasons. In some instances, the deliberation aims to settle disputes. In others, the aim is to decide the best action to take to address unfortunate incidents such as death. Through a measured, comparative analysis, Deliberative Agency argues that the best way to reimagine and harness the idea of public deliberation, based on current experiences in Africa, is to see it as performance of agency. Building a new political center around the practice places agency at the core of a new political life in Africa"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aWorld philosophies. 606 $aPolitical science$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, African 606 $aDeliberative democracy$zAfrica$xPhilosophy 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aPhilosophy, African. 615 0$aDeliberative democracy$xPhilosophy. 676 $a320.101 700 $aOkeja$b Uchenna B.$f1983-$01636737 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823122903321 996 $aDeliberative agency$94022254 997 $aUNINA