Peter Mwipikeni
Biographic Data
| ID | 6298547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Mwipikeni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Mwipikeni |
| SIGNATURE | MWIPIKENI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Zululand |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4600-4686 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Democracy Deficit, Global Capitalist System and Ubuntu
Many African countries are plagued by a democracy deficit associated with authoritarianism, neo-patrimonial systems, a lack of democratic accountability to the poor majority, and illegitimate accountability to corporations. There is a school of thought associated with the view of Patrick Chabal that maintains that the democracy deficit in Africa emanates from authoritarian rulers who adopt a neopatrimonial system. I will show that such a view is …
A critique of Metz’s conception of development through dependency and Pan-Africanist thought
Metz diagnoses excessive individualism, excessive technocratic orientation, and excessive anthropocentrism as the main factors that undermine development globally. In this work, I seek to show that the application of Metz’s diagnosis in Africa exposes limitations associated with the silence on the condition of powerlessness of African countries in a world that is bifurcated into the dominant and exploiting capitalist, the Global North, on one han…
A critique of Metz’s relational economics in Africa through Marxist political economy
Underdevelopment and poverty are some of the ongoing problems afflicting Africa. Metz diagnoses excessive individualism as one of the main problems that undermines development globally. He does not regard capitalism as the main problem. Metz’s reformist relational economics provides remedies that seek to eliminate excessive individualism by incorporating communal values into the global capitalistic system. On the other hand, Marxist scholars rega…
Metz’s conception of African communal ethics, global economic practices and decolonisation
Metz holds that we can use African communal ethics to constitute global economic practices such as appropriation, production, distribution and consumption in such a way that promotes harmonious relations. In this article, I will show that Metz's reformist approach to constituting the global economic practices is problematic as it fails to deal with the fundamental problem that pertains to a racialised world order that is structurally configured b…
Ubuntu, Rights, and Neoliberalism in South Africa
The juridical constitutional order of the South African postcolonial state grants socio-economic rights and the right to life and acknowledges the humanity of all human beings. However, these rights are simultaneously threatened with annulment by the neoliberal socio-economic structure, which is based on macro-economic policies that promote growth, stability, and privatisation. These policies concentrate wealth and income in an economic oligarchy…
Ubuntu and the modern society
The incompatibility school of thought maintains that ubuntu is incompatible with modern society’s politico-juridical order and neoliberal economic system that promotes individualism and unequal distribution of wealth in the context of economic marginalisation and severe impoverishment of the black African majority. Furthermore, the postcolonial state tends to undermine the common good of society. The pro-ubuntu camp maintains that ubuntu is relev…
Ubuntu and the modern society
The incompatibility school of thought maintains that ubuntu is incompatible with modern society’s politico-juridical order and neoliberal economic system that promotes individualism and unequal distribution of wealth in the context of economic marginalisation and severe impoverishment of the black African majority. Furthermore, the postcolonial state tends to undermine the common good of society. The pro-ubuntu camp maintains that ubuntu is relev…
Metz’s conception of African communal ethics, global economic practices and decolonisation
Metz holds that we can use African communal ethics to constitute global economic practices such as appropriation, production, distribution and consumption in such a way that promotes harmonious relations. In this article, I will show that Metz's reformist approach to constituting the global economic practices is problematic as it fails to deal with the fundamental problem that pertains to a racialised world order that is structurally configured b…
Ubuntu and the modern society
The incompatibility school of thought maintains that ubuntu is incompatible with modern society’s politico-juridical order and neoliberal economic system that promotes individualism and unequal distribution of wealth in the context of economic marginalisation and severe impoverishment of the black African majority. Furthermore, the postcolonial state tends to undermine the common good of society. The pro-ubuntu camp maintains that ubuntu is relev…
Ubuntu, Rights, and Neoliberalism in South Africa
The juridical constitutional order of the South African postcolonial state grants socio-economic rights and the right to life and acknowledges the humanity of all human beings. However, these rights are simultaneously threatened with annulment by the neoliberal socio-economic structure, which is based on macro-economic policies that promote growth, stability, and privatisation. These policies concentrate wealth and income in an economic oligarchy…
A critique of Metz’s relational economics in Africa through Marxist political economy
Underdevelopment and poverty are some of the ongoing problems afflicting Africa. Metz diagnoses excessive individualism as one of the main problems that undermines development globally. He does not regard capitalism as the main problem. Metz’s reformist relational economics provides remedies that seek to eliminate excessive individualism by incorporating communal values into the global capitalistic system. On the other hand, Marxist scholars rega…
Metz’s conception of African communal ethics, global economic practices and decolonisation
Metz holds that we can use African communal ethics to constitute global economic practices such as appropriation, production, distribution and consumption in such a way that promotes harmonious relations. In this article, I will show that Metz's reformist approach to constituting the global economic practices is problematic as it fails to deal with the fundamental problem that pertains to a racialised world order that is structurally configured b…
A critique of Metz’s conception of development through dependency and Pan-Africanist thought
Metz diagnoses excessive individualism, excessive technocratic orientation, and excessive anthropocentrism as the main factors that undermine development globally. In this work, I seek to show that the application of Metz’s diagnosis in Africa exposes limitations associated with the silence on the condition of powerlessness of African countries in a world that is bifurcated into the dominant and exploiting capitalist, the Global North, on one han…
The Democracy Deficit, Global Capitalist System and Ubuntu
Many African countries are plagued by a democracy deficit associated with authoritarianism, neo-patrimonial systems, a lack of democratic accountability to the poor majority, and illegitimate accountability to corporations. There is a school of thought associated with the view of Patrick Chabal that maintains that the democracy deficit in Africa emanates from authoritarian rulers who adopt a neopatrimonial system. I will show that such a view is …
African cultural and philosophical studies (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political Economy and Marxism (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works) · Democracy (2 works)