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https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory
Ada Agada
orcid.org/0000-0002-3616-3608
; University of Calabar, The Conversational School of Philosophy, Box 3684, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
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Agada, A. (2020). Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (1), 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
MLA 8th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 1, 2020, pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 1 (2020): 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Harvard
Agada, A. (2020). 'Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory', Synthesis philosophica, 35(1), pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Vancouver
Agada A. Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 December 31];35(1):135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
IEEE
A. Agada, "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 1, pp. 135-153, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
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APA 6th Edition
Agada, A. (2020). Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (1), 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
MLA 8th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 1, 2020, pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 1 (2020): 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Harvard
Agada, A. (2020). 'Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory', Synthesis philosophica, 35(1), pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Vancouver
Agada A. Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 December 31];35(1):135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
IEEE
A. Agada, "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 1, pp. 135-153, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
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APA 6th Edition
Agada, A. (2020). Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (1), 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
MLA 8th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 1, 2020, pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 1 (2020): 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Harvard
Agada, A. (2020). 'Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory', Synthesis philosophica, 35(1), pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Vancouver
Agada A. Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 December 31];35(1):135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
IEEE
A. Agada, "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 1, pp. 135-153, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
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APA 6th Edition
Agada, A. (2020). Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica, 35 (1), 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
MLA 8th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica, vol. 35, no. 1, 2020, pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
Chicago 17th Edition
Agada, Ada. "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory." Synthesis philosophica 35, no. 1 (2020): 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Harvard
Agada, A. (2020). 'Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory', Synthesis philosophica, 35(1), pp. 135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Vancouver
Agada A. Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory. Synthesis philosophica [Internet]. 2020 [cited 2024 December 31];35(1):135-153. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
IEEE
A. Agada, "Complementarism and Consolationism: Mapping Out a 21st-Century African Philosophical Trajectory", Synthesis philosophica, vol.35, no. 1, pp. 135-153, 2020. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.21464/sp35108
Abstract
African philosophy has been compelled to constantly define itself in relation to a domineering Western philosophy given the historical circumstances of colonialism and the dual heritage of the professional African philosopher, who is at once an African by cultural affiliation and a participant in Western civilisation by reason of their Western education. Many notable African philosophers have responded to the challenge posed by the tremendous success of Western philosophy by philosophising in ways that seek to transcend a purely Afrocentric agenda on the one hand and an uncritical acceptance of Western philosophical methods on the other hand. In this paper, I present and interrogate the response of the noted Nigerian philosopher, Innocent Asouzu, to the crisis of identity in African philosophy. I demonstrate that Asouzu’s ibuanyidanda philosophy of complementarism is a philosophical synthesis that seeks to transcend the famous universalism-particularism divide in African philosophy. Adopting an expository, analytical, and evaluative methodology, I show how the philosophical current of consolationism advances the philosophical trajectory Asouzu was blazing. I introduce into African philosophical discourse the universal category of consolation which supplies a panpsychist framework for exploring meaning in a tragic universe.
Keywords
complementarism; consolationism; African philosophy; ibuanyidanda philosophy; mood; panpsychism
Hrčak ID:
246333
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/246333
Publication date:
24.9.2020.
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