Uti Ojah Egbai
Biographic Data
| ID | 1251705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Uti Ojah Egbai |
| GIVEN NAMES | Uti Ojah |
| FAMILY NAME | Egbai |
| SIGNATURE | EGBAI U O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Philosophy, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1993-2759 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed
In this paper, we will investigate whether or not the name ‘Africa’ can be seen as a slur. Since the name was given by European exploiters, slavers and colonists, it raises the question of whether such a name should continue to be accepted or abandoned. It may seem that just as the slavers renamed their victims and the colonists renamed the territories they conquered, the name Africa/ns similarly was an imposition on the continent and its peoples…
Why Conversational Thinking Could be an Alternative Method for Intercultural Philosophy
In this paper, we argue that conversational thinking, a recent formulation in African philosophy, could be an alternative method for intercultural philosophising. We show that the etymology of conversational thinking comes from the Igbo word arumaruka meaning ‘constructive engagements amongst stakeholders who are in a relationship of creative struggle’. We contend that philosophers from different philosophic traditions are equal stakeholders in t…
Questioning the group-based approach to social equality in the post-apartheid South Africa
In this paper, I investigate whether the pursuit of group-based social equality should constitute a political goal or not. I explain that social equality refers to the mechanism for horizontal presentation of opportunities to individuals in a given society to express their abilities. It could also mean the right to vie, contest, compete or take advantage of certain opportunities or even to the freedom to pursue or obtain certain opportunities amo…
Language, thought, and interpersonal communication
The ongoing debate among African philosophers on the relation of the individual and the community has spawned radical, moderate, and limited communitarian views. In this paper we will insert the question of interpersonal communication into the individual-community conundrum and raise the discourse to the level of cross-cultural engagement. We will highlight the dominant perspectives in Afro-communitarianism with particular emphasis on the Ghanaia…
Why Conversational Thinking Could be an Alternative Method for Intercultural Philosophy
In this paper, we argue that conversational thinking, a recent formulation in African philosophy, could be an alternative method for intercultural philosophising. We show that the etymology of conversational thinking comes from the Igbo word arumaruka meaning ‘constructive engagements amongst stakeholders who are in a relationship of creative struggle’. We contend that philosophers from different philosophic traditions are equal stakeholders in t…
Questioning the group-based approach to social equality in the post-apartheid South Africa
In this paper, I investigate whether the pursuit of group-based social equality should constitute a political goal or not. I explain that social equality refers to the mechanism for horizontal presentation of opportunities to individuals in a given society to express their abilities. It could also mean the right to vie, contest, compete or take advantage of certain opportunities or even to the freedom to pursue or obtain certain opportunities amo…
Language, thought, and interpersonal communication
The ongoing debate among African philosophers on the relation of the individual and the community has spawned radical, moderate, and limited communitarian views. In this paper we will insert the question of interpersonal communication into the individual-community conundrum and raise the discourse to the level of cross-cultural engagement. We will highlight the dominant perspectives in Afro-communitarianism with particular emphasis on the Ghanaia…
Why Conversational Thinking Could be an Alternative Method for Intercultural Philosophy
In this paper, we argue that conversational thinking, a recent formulation in African philosophy, could be an alternative method for intercultural philosophising. We show that the etymology of conversational thinking comes from the Igbo word arumaruka meaning ‘constructive engagements amongst stakeholders who are in a relationship of creative struggle’. We contend that philosophers from different philosophic traditions are equal stakeholders in t…
Is ‘Africa’ a racial slur and should the continent be renamed
In this paper, we will investigate whether or not the name ‘Africa’ can be seen as a slur. Since the name was given by European exploiters, slavers and colonists, it raises the question of whether such a name should continue to be accepted or abandoned. It may seem that just as the slavers renamed their victims and the colonists renamed the territories they conquered, the name Africa/ns similarly was an imposition on the continent and its peoples…
Sociology (4 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Social science (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work)