Cultura: International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology Volume 8 Issue 1

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Cultural Minorities and Intercultural Dialogue in the Dynamics of Globalization. African Participation

Carpinschi, Anton; Tonyeme, Bilakani

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

Cultural Minorities and Intercultural Dialogue in the Dynamics of Globalization. African Participation The aim of this article is to demonstrate that globalization , as it proceeds today, will only lead to a clash of civilizations and to the destruction of the fragile cultural identities. This...

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Stigmatization in African Communalistic Societies and Habermas' Theory of Rationality

Aigbodioh, Jacob

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0002-3

Stigmatization in African Communalistic Societies and Habermas' Theory of Rationality The phenomenon of widespread stigmatization of victims of deadly, or previously incurable, diseases in African traditional societies would appear to pragmatically contradict the humanistic values of communalism...

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The Practice of Inheritance in Esan: the Place of the Female Child

Ehiakhamen, Justina

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0003-2

The Practice of Inheritance in Esan: the Place of the Female Child The act of discrimination against the female sex is an undeniable phenomenon in virtually all human societies, though the severity varies from one society to another. It is against this backdrop that this paper is aimed at...

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Delving into the Ethical Dimension of Ubuntu Philosophy

Gianan, Nicolito

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0004-1

Delving into the Ethical Dimension of Ubuntu Philosophy The article aims to delve into the ethical dimension of Ubuntu philosophy, which is an African philosophy that reverberates in other cultures and in various forms, thus exemplifying its universality and universalizability. In this dimension,...

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Military Establishments and The Stability Of Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Toward The Realization Of Vision 2020

Ogbeide, Uyi-Ekpen; Edigin, Lambert

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0005-0

Military Establishments and The Stability Of Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Toward The Realization Of Vision 2020 Based on the fact that military establishments have historically played a major role in the transformation of societies, this paper argues that the Nigerian Armed Forces need to be...

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Rethinking the Individual's Place in an African (Esan) Ontology

Imafidon, Elvis

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0006-z

Rethinking the Individual's Place in an African (Esan) Ontology The paper challenges the dominant view of the individual's place in an African (Esan) structure of Being or culture as one cast in the midst, and subject to the operations of (spiritual) forces, which are independently real and...

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Creating a New Society, New Nation and New Leadership Quality in Kenya through African Traditional Education Principles

Gichuru, Francis

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0007-y

Creating a New Society, New Nation and New Leadership Quality in Kenya through African Traditional Education Principles The article is a bold extraction of the intangible cultural heritage (ICH) value of traditional African education, attempting to capture the essence of what education made a...

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Democracy in Conflict and Conflicts in Democracy: The Nigerian Experience

Laleye, Solomon

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0008-x

Democracy in Conflict and Conflicts in Democracy: The Nigerian Experience This paper focuses on the problem of conflicts that are socio-political in nature. It thus agrees that conflict is a product of human interaction, but its degeneration into violence is avoidable and consequently detestable....

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Self-discovery: Who am I? An Ontologized Ethics of Self-mastery

Unah, Jim

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0009-9

Self-discovery: Who am I? An Ontologized Ethics of Self-mastery Self-discovery leads to the development of the ethics of self-mastery. Many ethical systems prescribe how the individual could attain self-mastery by means of critical self-examination or self-analysis. Once such critical...

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Defence of Cultural Relativism

Park, Seungbae

2011 Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology

doi:10.2478/v10193-011-0010-3

Defence of Cultural Relativism I attempt to rebut the following standard objections against cultural relativism: 1. It is self-defeating for a cultural relativist to take the principle of tolerance as absolute; 2. There are universal moral rules, contrary to what cultural relativism claims; 3. If...

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