Enoch Joseph Aboi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4051801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Enoch Joseph Aboi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Enoch Joseph |
| FAMILY NAME | Aboi |
| SIGNATURE | ABOI E J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5175-2366 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Problematizing the “Negro Problem”
This article explores W. E. B. Du Bois’s social philosophy as encapsulated in his seminal work, The Philadelphia Negro, the first comprehensive triangulated sociological research in the United States in which quantitative, qualitative, and archival data were used to arrive at conclusions. Du Bois asserts that while historians clarify facts, philosophers interpret them for social reform guidance. Central to Du Bois’s commitment to truth and social…
Religious, ethnic and regional identities in Nigerian politics
This essay examines the complex interplay between religious, ethnic, and regional identities in Nigerian politics, challenging the idea that religion solely dictates political behavior. It delves into the manipulation of identities for political advantage, with an emphasis on religion. The Social Identity Theory (SIT) is discussed, highlighting the cognitive processes in forming social identities and their role in promoting in-group bias and out-…
Against Decolonisation
Journal Article Against Decolonisation: Taking African agency seriously. Olúfémi Táíwò Get access Against Decolonisation: Taking African agency seriously, by Olúfémi Táíwò. London: Hurst & Company, 2022. xvii+270 pp. £14.99. ISBN 9781787386921 (Paperback). Enoch Joseph Aboi Enoch Joseph Aboi Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, ada…
No justice, no progress
Virtue and vice, courage and cowardice, wisdom and folly are tendencies common to all humans without historical, geographical, colour, or gender exceptions. Granting that the aforesaid statement is tenable, this article engages Plato’s idea of a just city and a just soul in the Republic and considers how these might speak to contemporary African leadership deficits and societal ills. This appraisal is predicated upon the notion that a just city a…
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No justice, no progress
Virtue and vice, courage and cowardice, wisdom and folly are tendencies common to all humans without historical, geographical, colour, or gender exceptions. Granting that the aforesaid statement is tenable, this article engages Plato’s idea of a just city and a just soul in the Republic and considers how these might speak to contemporary African leadership deficits and societal ills. This appraisal is predicated upon the notion that a just city a…
Problematizing the “Negro Problem”
This article explores W. E. B. Du Bois’s social philosophy as encapsulated in his seminal work, The Philadelphia Negro, the first comprehensive triangulated sociological research in the United States in which quantitative, qualitative, and archival data were used to arrive at conclusions. Du Bois asserts that while historians clarify facts, philosophers interpret them for social reform guidance. Central to Du Bois’s commitment to truth and social…
Religious, ethnic and regional identities in Nigerian politics
This essay examines the complex interplay between religious, ethnic, and regional identities in Nigerian politics, challenging the idea that religion solely dictates political behavior. It delves into the manipulation of identities for political advantage, with an emphasis on religion. The Social Identity Theory (SIT) is discussed, highlighting the cognitive processes in forming social identities and their role in promoting in-group bias and out-…
Against Decolonisation
Journal Article Against Decolonisation: Taking African agency seriously. Olúfémi Táíwò Get access Against Decolonisation: Taking African agency seriously, by Olúfémi Táíwò. London: Hurst & Company, 2022. xvii+270 pp. £14.99. ISBN 9781787386921 (Paperback). Enoch Joseph Aboi Enoch Joseph Aboi Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, ada…
Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · African history and culture studies (1 work) · Agency (philosophy) (1 work)