AFRICAN COMMUNALISM:

ANARCHISM AS A WAY OF LIFE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v11i2.53967

Keywords:

African political philosophy, African communalism, Anarchism

Abstract

His article, having as its main theoretical subsidy the work African Anarchism: the history of a movement, by Sam Mbah and I.E. Igariwey (2018), aims to present the existence of "anarchist elements" in the organizational structure of some traditional African societies, making it possible for the authors to affirm that anarchism, too, can be understood as a way of life. To this end, I will present general aspects of anarchist theory in order to later go into the main features that allow the authors to defend the existence of communal organizations on the African continent and to demonstrate that communalism/societies without a state was not an anarchist utopia.

Author Biography

  • Lorena Silva Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Doutoranda em Filosofia – PPGF/UFRJ.  Co-coordenadora do Núcleo de Pesquisa em Filosofia Política Africana, do Laboratório de Africologia e Estudos Ameríndios -GERU MAA/UFRJ.Pesquisadora Associada ao Núcleo de Estudos Afro-brasileiros – NEAB/UFU.Bolsista do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPQ). E-mail: professoralorenaoliveira@gmail.com.

Published

2020-07-22

How to Cite

Silva Oliveira, L. (2020). AFRICAN COMMUNALISM:: ANARCHISM AS A WAY OF LIFE. Problemata: International Journal of Philosophy, 11(2), 94-111. https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v11i2.53967

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