Eternal Return And Ilo Uwa—Nietzsche and Igbo African Thought

Chukwuelobe, Matthew C.

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“…Cross-cultural philosophy describes a philosophy that enables us to feel the presence of a generic concept of philosophical truth in its omnipresence in different philosophical traditions [cited in 4]. It examines how different cultures express their rationality and their conceptions of reality [5,4] and exposes the interrelatedness of cultures as well as the need for one to go beyond one's cultural milieu and interact with other culture's philosophical tradition for a better understanding of reality. The importance of such interaction cannot be overemphasized as it "broadens a thinker's epistemic horizons, which would have been impossible, if such a thinker is restricted or limited only to his/her world, which would ultimately impoverish his/her thought and genuine approach to reality" [5].…”

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Asouzu’s Complementarism and Nietzsche’s Perspectivism: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

Ojimba

Obiora

2022

Glob. J. Cult. Stud.

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This paper examines Asouzu’s complementarism and Nietzsche’s perspectivism with a view to showing how convergence and divergence of thoughts in the Asouzuan and Nietzschean philosophy contexts can inform cross-cultural philosophizing. Asouzu’s complementarism projects multiplicity of perspectives as constitutive of reality and construes it as a composite of missing links, while Nietzsche’s perspectivism also postulates multiplicity of views and interpretations as he believes that reality is deeply rooted in infinite possibilities. Attempts are made, in this paper, to articulate the essential principles of Asouzu’s complementarism and to highlight the dynamics of Nietzsche’s perspectivism in a fruitful encounter of the African tradition of thought which Asouzu belongs to and the European thought tradition which Nietzsche belongs to. These two traditions of thought will be critically x-rayed to show their implications for cross-cultural philosophizing. Simply put, the paper will show how the philosophical studies of the ideas of complementarism and perspectivism in the thoughts of the German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and the African philosopher, Innocent Asouzu, can enrich the cultural understanding of human societies and ideas for the betterment of universal values and humanism.

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Asouzu’s Complementarism and Nietzsche’s Perspectivism: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

Ojimba

Obiora

2022

Glob. J. Cult. Stud.

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Are Igbo (African) thoughts on death Heideggerian? Some critical insights

Ude

2023

South African Journal of Philosophy

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This article primarily sets out to investigate whether Igbo (African) thoughts on death might be considered Heideggerian or not. It does so by analysing and juxtaposing five key elements of Heidegger's existentialist analysis of Dasein's death with some important features of Igbo (African) thoughts on death. This is aimed at challenging an identifiable attempt by scholars like Chukwuelobe and Onwuanibe to couch the Igbo metaphysics of death in Heideggerian terms. Therefore, the main argument of the article is that the important features of Igbo thoughts on death, as outlined by these scholars, substantially conflict with key elements of Heidegger's existentialist analysis of Dasein's death. To make this case, the article thoroughly examines the key elements in both the Heideggerian and the Igbo frameworks, showing that they could hardly be reconciled. Though the article identifies some scholars and zeroes in on them, it simultaneously serves a larger pre-emptive purpose of pointing out the many hurdles that may have to be overcome in any attempt to align Igbo thoughts on death with Heidegger's framework. This pre-emptive aspect is a worthwhile philosophical task in itself, given that the theme of death occupies an important place in both the existentialist tradition and in Igbo philosophy.

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The Nietzschean ‘Will to Power’ and the Bantu Notion of Force: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

Ojimba

2024

Comparative and Continental Philosophy

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Eternal Return And Ilo Uwa—Nietzsche and Igbo African Thought

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Asouzu’s Complementarism and Nietzsche’s Perspectivism: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

Asouzu’s Complementarism and Nietzsche’s Perspectivism: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

Are Igbo (African) thoughts on death Heideggerian? Some critical insights

The Nietzschean ‘Will to Power’ and the Bantu Notion of Force: Implications for Cross-Cultural Philosophizing

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