This book articulates a radically original account of what constitutes the good society and the good life in a global world. Beginning with a relentlessly searching critique of canonical texts in the North Atlantic and African philosophical traditions, it culminates in a luminous vision of what it means to live well in the twenty-first century.
This book articulates a radically original account of what constitutes the good society and the good life in a global world. Beginning with a relentlessly searching critique of canonical texts in the North Atlantic and African philosophical traditions, it culminates in a luminous vision of what it means to live well in the twenty-first century.
Dr. Omedi Ochieng is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Denison University. His areas of specialization include the rhetoric of philosophy; comparative philosophy; and social theory. He has published articles in the International Philosophical Quarterly, Radical Philosophy, and the Western Journal of Communication.
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Introduction: Groundwork for the Infraphysics of Practice: The Good Society and the Good Life in North Atlantic and African Philosophy Part I: "Think Relationally, Act Structurally": A Social Ontology of the Good Society 1. Introduction 2. Mapping Social Ontology 2.1. Social Structure 2.1.1. Politics 2.1.2. Economics 2.1.3. Culture 2.2 Subjectivity and Relationality 2.3 Power, Legitimation and Ideology 2.3.1. Power 2.3.2. Representation 2.3.3. Relationships 2.3.4. Consciousness 2.4. Agency 2.5. Normativity 3. Dimensions and Vectors of The Good Society 3.1. Interanimated Historiography 3.2. Chronotopian Political Imagination 3.3. Secular/Naturalistic Structures 3.4. Restructurative Justice 4. Conclusion Part II: Chronotopes: Archaeologies and Landscapes of the Good Society 1. Introduction 2. Contextualizing African Identity 3. African Political Structures 3.1. Auto-politics 3.2. Inter-politics 3.3. Pneuma/Theo-politics 3.4. Meta-politics 3.5. Anti-politics 3.6. Dia-politics 3.7. Ethno-politics 3.8. A-politics/Post-politics 3.9. Endo-politics 3.10. Poly-politics 4. Conclusion Part III: Creaturely Value: A Meta-Ethics of the Good Life 1. Introduction 2. The Epistemology of Ethics 3. Mapping an Ontology of Ethics 3.1. Contextual Creatureliness 3.2. Toward a Critique of Dominant Ethical Theories 4. Conclusion Part IV: Emergent Normativity: The Good Life as the Articulation of Ground Projects 1. Introduction 2.1 Ground Projects as World-Articulations 2.2. Ground Projects as Self-Articulations 2.3. G
Introduction: Groundwork for the Infraphysics of Practice: The Good Society and the Good Life in North Atlantic and African Philosophy Part I: "Think Relationally, Act Structurally": A Social Ontology of the Good Society 1. Introduction 2. Mapping Social Ontology 2.1. Social Structure 2.1.1. Politics 2.1.2. Economics 2.1.3. Culture 2.2 Subjectivity and Relationality 2.3 Power, Legitimation and Ideology 2.3.1. Power 2.3.2. Representation 2.3.3. Relationships 2.3.4. Consciousness 2.4. Agency 2.5. Normativity 3. Dimensions and Vectors of The Good Society 3.1. Interanimated Historiography 3.2. Chronotopian Political Imagination 3.3. Secular/Naturalistic Structures 3.4. Restructurative Justice 4. Conclusion Part II: Chronotopes: Archaeologies and Landscapes of the Good Society 1. Introduction 2. Contextualizing African Identity 3. African Political Structures 3.1. Auto-politics 3.2. Inter-politics 3.3. Pneuma/Theo-politics 3.4. Meta-politics 3.5. Anti-politics 3.6. Dia-politics 3.7. Ethno-politics 3.8. A-politics/Post-politics 3.9. Endo-politics 3.10. Poly-politics 4. Conclusion Part III: Creaturely Value: A Meta-Ethics of the Good Life 1. Introduction 2. The Epistemology of Ethics 3. Mapping an Ontology of Ethics 3.1. Contextual Creatureliness 3.2. Toward a Critique of Dominant Ethical Theories 4. Conclusion Part IV: Emergent Normativity: The Good Life as the Articulation of Ground Projects 1. Introduction 2.1 Ground Projects as World-Articulations 2.2. Ground Projects as Self-Articulations 2.3. G
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