The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation
Transmodernity is a new philosophical paradigm that transcends the modern foundational ethos and as well differs from the postmodern critique. It is basically a call towards a just social order that gives priority to human life. It is inherently ethical and fundamentally liberational. This work look...
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| description | Transmodernity is a new philosophical paradigm that transcends the modern foundational ethos and as well differs from the postmodern critique. It is basically a call towards a just social order that gives priority to human life. It is inherently ethical and fundamentally liberational. This work looks into the insufficiency of Modern Ethiopian establishment in attaining an inclusive and pluralist arrangement. It assumes this establishment as a hegemonic totality that marginalizes its others. It argues that the Modern Ethiopian establishment is an ontologic totality that needs to be liberated and transformed. Based on Dussel’s Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation, Transmodern Ethiopia is anticipated as an entity that could transcend the Modern and come up with a different arrangement. This would be an ethical arrangement which accepts the other as other. The three principles of Ethics of Liberation (material principle, formal principle and feasibility principle) are used as an ethical framework for the construction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bb36de996ff74b4f864950746fc2b94c2023-06-03T10:03:51ZengAddis Ababa UniversityEthiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities1810-44872520-582X2016-06-0112112716210.4314/ejossah.v12i1.5The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of LiberationWalelign Shemsedin0Independent Researcher, Addis AbabaTransmodernity is a new philosophical paradigm that transcends the modern foundational ethos and as well differs from the postmodern critique. It is basically a call towards a just social order that gives priority to human life. It is inherently ethical and fundamentally liberational. This work looks into the insufficiency of Modern Ethiopian establishment in attaining an inclusive and pluralist arrangement. It assumes this establishment as a hegemonic totality that marginalizes its others. It argues that the Modern Ethiopian establishment is an ontologic totality that needs to be liberated and transformed. Based on Dussel’s Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation, Transmodern Ethiopia is anticipated as an entity that could transcend the Modern and come up with a different arrangement. This would be an ethical arrangement which accepts the other as other. The three principles of Ethics of Liberation (material principle, formal principle and feasibility principle) are used as an ethical framework for the construction.http://10.90.104.77/index.php/EJSSH/article/view/6301analecticethics of liberationliberation philosophypluliversal polyloguemodern ethiopiatransmodernitytransmodern ethiopia |
| spellingShingle | Walelign Shemsedin The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities analectic ethics of liberation liberation philosophy pluliversal polylogue modern ethiopia transmodernity transmodern ethiopia |
| title | The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation |
| title_full | The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation |
| title_fullStr | The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation |
| title_short | The Idea of Transmodern Ethiopia: A Perspective from Philosophy and Ethics of Liberation |
| title_sort | idea of transmodern ethiopia a perspective from philosophy and ethics of liberation |
| topic | analectic ethics of liberation liberation philosophy pluliversal polylogue modern ethiopia transmodernity transmodern ethiopia |
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