Uchenna Okeja Associate Professor in Philosophy, Rhodes University, South Africa Resident at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: October 2017–April 2018 Research topic at the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften: »The Public Sphere in African Politcal Thought« Project outline: Focusing on analysis of African arenas for deliberation, I aim in my research to demonstrate the possible understandings embedded in these practices that are instructive for democratic theory and practice. I consider this endeavour important for two reasons. The first reason is the need to point out the misunderstandings of these practices in the works of political theorists. The second reason is the need for a reconstructive analysis that could serve as the basis for articulation of a well-founded African political philosophy. It is certainly true that tones of papers and books have been written on the so-called African political condition. From these works, a lot of insights can be gleaned. The major challenge, however, is that Africa is still in search of a model of self-rule that is premised on a plausibly argued political philosophy. This is the goal I am aiming to contribute to in my research. (Uchenna Okeja) Funding of the stay: Excellence Cluster »The formation of normative orders«Research partner: Uchenna Okeja follows the invitation of Matthias Lutz-Bachmann (Professor of Philosophy, Goethe University), the Cluster of Excellence »The Formation of Normative Orders« and the research center »Justitia Amplificata«. Scholarly profile of Uchenna OkejaUchenna Okeja is Associate Professor of philosophy at Rhodes University (South Africa).Website: Please find more information about Uchenna Okeja here. Main areas of research: Political Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Critical Theory and African philosophy.Selected publications:
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