IGWEBUIKE PHILOSOPHY OF INTERCULTURALITY: TOWARDS A SHARED CONCEPTUAL PHILOSOPHICAL SPACE

  • Ikechukwu Anthony KANU, PhD
Keywords: Igwebuike, Interculturality, African, Philosophy, Decolonization

Abstract

This article presents a contribution to the on-going discourse on intercultural philosophy, with particular emphasis on the African context. By utilizing the concept of Igwebuike, the article presents an African perspective on the interculturality of philosophy, highlighting the potential contributions of African ontology towards this field. The purpose of this paper is twofold: to aid in the process of decolonizing philosophy by challenging its eurocentric tendencies and to reorient Western philosophy and hermeneutics towards interculturality. While interculturality has been extensively studied, there has been little attention given to an African perspective. As such, this paper seeks to deepen our understanding of interculturality by focusing on Igwebuike philosophy. The theoretical framework of the paper is grounded in Igwebuike, while hermeneutic, thematic, and analytic methods of inquiry are employed to articulate thoughts on interculturality. The findings of this research will contribute to the existing body of literature on African perspectives of the interculturality of philosophy. Ultimately, this paper argues that the foundations of the interculturality of philosophy can be found in African ontology.

Published
2023-04-02
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Articles