ABSTRACT: The idea of African self-generation is based on two fundamental concepts: the freedom and
responsibility of Africans. Self-generation can only be functional and efficient if Africans decide to resolutely
commit themselves to becoming what they wish for themselves through the power of their own thought and
action. As such, it is necessary to pose the problem of African dependence on the Western world on the one
hand and, on the other hand, to condemn the abject behaviours portrayed by Africans. All this in view of
defining the responsibility bestowed on Africans today, in a context of omnivorous globalization. In our
opinion, the quest for African development can only be satisfied if Africans acknowledge their responsibility in
the course of their history. The source of African liberation and its commitment could be inspired by Hans
Jonas‟ “principle of responsibility”. This principle is above all a source of reflection that has a normative
vocation: it is a question of recognising the value of life on the basis of the vulnerability to which it bears
witness. The “principle of responsibility” invites us to be concerned about what might happen to Africa if we are
not watchful with technology. In congruence with his „heuristic of fear‟, the role of philosophy is to anticipate
future threats and to prevent possible catastrophes. In this way, our contribution intends to proceed by clarifying
some key concepts in order to establish an epistemology of the major philosophies that we muster. The
conceptual elucidation will lead us to explore the Jonasian paradigm of the „principle of responsibility‟,
followed by a dialogue of this paradigm with its political stakes on the self- generation of Africa.
KEYWORDS:Self-generation, Liberation, Principle of responsibility, Globalisation, Africa.
African Proverbs A Method Of Knowledge Production In AfricaAudrey Britton
This document discusses African proverbs as a methodology for knowledge production in Africa. It makes three key points:
1) African proverbs contain insights on reality and represent compressed frameworks and conclusions arrived at through induction or deduction, making them an essential part of indigenous critical thinking that should be further interrogated and integrated into mainstream knowledge production.
2) Early colonial ethnographers recognized the value of African traditions like proverbs in understanding African philosophy and ontology. Thinkers like Tempels located the essence of African being in traditional thought and the view that "force is being."
3) Nationalist leaders applied concepts of African identity and ontology to politics. Movements like Négritude and philosophies like Ujamaa emphasized
Contemporary Emergent Issues In Decolonization And The Invented AfricaStephen Onyango
This document summarizes a paper about decolonization and the invented Africa. The paper examines how the continent can rise based on its own cultural and historical context. It explores the process of rediscovering African autonomy from European imperialism. The document discusses how Europeans constructed an identity of Africa to make it easy to dominate and control. It describes the Western social constructs that portrayed Africans as fundamentally inferior to justify colonization and exploitation. The strategies used included denying Africans reason and defining them as lacking moral sensibility and esthetic beauty. The goal was to marginalize African identities and locate Africans at the extremes outside the centers of power.
RBG’s WORKING DEFINITION OF NEW AFRIKAN EDUCATION, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND S...RBG Communiversity
This document discusses definitions of New Afrikan education, culture and socialization. It provides 3 definitions of culture from Wade Nobles, Senghor and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It also discusses 4 aspects of the role of culture in development: using culture to illustrate problems, strengthening the cultural sector, analyzing the impact of development on culture, and mainstreaming culture in development work. The document emphasizes that family building is fundamental to nationbuilding and that vigilance is needed to avoid introducing alien elements that could undermine ReAfrikanization and personal development.
This document provides an introduction and abstract for an essay that aims to debunk the idea that Molefi Asante is the "father of Afrocentricity." The essay argues that the Afrikan worldview has developed over generations, not through any single modern individual. It pays tribute to many important Afrikan thinkers throughout history who have contributed to developing and defending the Afrikan worldview. The purpose is to address a pressing issue that has been ignored by many scholars and leaders for political reasons, in order to properly understand the intergenerational development of the Afrikan worldview.
The African Philosophical Conflicts and Developmentiosrjce
The differences in African philosophical thinking between the ethno-philosophical and professional
school of thought shows the involvement of philosophical conflicts in the African development process. The
philosophical debate does no more than revive the entrenched views of development theories, namely the
conflict between tradition and modernity. While ethno-philosophy thinks that the rehabilitation of African
traditions, drive to successful modernization, especially after the disparaging discourse of colonialism,
professional philosophy is of the opinion that success depends on the exchange of the traditional culture for
modern ideas and institutions. This paper evaluates the major arguments developed by the two conflicting
schools of thought in support of their position. The outcome is that both are right on their affirmations.
Accordingly, the paper suggests that the conception of development as validation is alone able to reconcile the
positive contribution of each school, since validation is how a traditional personality is judged according to
modern norms, and thus achieves worldly success.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
Education for a New Reality in the African World by Dr. John Henrik ClarkeRBG Communiversity
This document summarizes an essay by Dr. John Henrik Clarke titled "Education for a New Reality in the African World". The essay calls for an educational approach for Africans that restores African culture and empowers Africans to manage their own resources, as was taken from them by slavery and colonialism. It notes that current African leaders were educated by European models that do not fit African societies. It argues Africans must educate themselves using African-centered methodologies to achieve true independence, citing Japan's ability to recover from Western domination by retaining their culture and strategic independence.
African world view and the challenge of witchcraftAlexander Decker
This document discusses the African worldview and the challenge of witchcraft. It makes three key points:
1) Belief in witchcraft is deeply rooted in African cosmology and traditional African worldviews see the world as interconnected between the physical and spiritual realms. Witchcraft poses a significant threat according to traditional African beliefs.
2) Witchcraft has had destructive social and economic impacts on African communities, weakening social bonds and forcing adoption of protective spiritual practices. It has led to relationship breakdowns, conflicts, and insecurity.
3) Scholars debate whether witchcraft is real or superstition, but the document argues that to Africans, the harms of witchcraft are very real
African Proverbs A Method Of Knowledge Production In AfricaAudrey Britton
This document discusses African proverbs as a methodology for knowledge production in Africa. It makes three key points:
1) African proverbs contain insights on reality and represent compressed frameworks and conclusions arrived at through induction or deduction, making them an essential part of indigenous critical thinking that should be further interrogated and integrated into mainstream knowledge production.
2) Early colonial ethnographers recognized the value of African traditions like proverbs in understanding African philosophy and ontology. Thinkers like Tempels located the essence of African being in traditional thought and the view that "force is being."
3) Nationalist leaders applied concepts of African identity and ontology to politics. Movements like Négritude and philosophies like Ujamaa emphasized
Contemporary Emergent Issues In Decolonization And The Invented AfricaStephen Onyango
This document summarizes a paper about decolonization and the invented Africa. The paper examines how the continent can rise based on its own cultural and historical context. It explores the process of rediscovering African autonomy from European imperialism. The document discusses how Europeans constructed an identity of Africa to make it easy to dominate and control. It describes the Western social constructs that portrayed Africans as fundamentally inferior to justify colonization and exploitation. The strategies used included denying Africans reason and defining them as lacking moral sensibility and esthetic beauty. The goal was to marginalize African identities and locate Africans at the extremes outside the centers of power.
RBG’s WORKING DEFINITION OF NEW AFRIKAN EDUCATION, CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND S...RBG Communiversity
This document discusses definitions of New Afrikan education, culture and socialization. It provides 3 definitions of culture from Wade Nobles, Senghor and the Encyclopaedia Britannica. It also discusses 4 aspects of the role of culture in development: using culture to illustrate problems, strengthening the cultural sector, analyzing the impact of development on culture, and mainstreaming culture in development work. The document emphasizes that family building is fundamental to nationbuilding and that vigilance is needed to avoid introducing alien elements that could undermine ReAfrikanization and personal development.
This document provides an introduction and abstract for an essay that aims to debunk the idea that Molefi Asante is the "father of Afrocentricity." The essay argues that the Afrikan worldview has developed over generations, not through any single modern individual. It pays tribute to many important Afrikan thinkers throughout history who have contributed to developing and defending the Afrikan worldview. The purpose is to address a pressing issue that has been ignored by many scholars and leaders for political reasons, in order to properly understand the intergenerational development of the Afrikan worldview.
The African Philosophical Conflicts and Developmentiosrjce
The differences in African philosophical thinking between the ethno-philosophical and professional
school of thought shows the involvement of philosophical conflicts in the African development process. The
philosophical debate does no more than revive the entrenched views of development theories, namely the
conflict between tradition and modernity. While ethno-philosophy thinks that the rehabilitation of African
traditions, drive to successful modernization, especially after the disparaging discourse of colonialism,
professional philosophy is of the opinion that success depends on the exchange of the traditional culture for
modern ideas and institutions. This paper evaluates the major arguments developed by the two conflicting
schools of thought in support of their position. The outcome is that both are right on their affirmations.
Accordingly, the paper suggests that the conception of development as validation is alone able to reconcile the
positive contribution of each school, since validation is how a traditional personality is judged according to
modern norms, and thus achieves worldly success.
International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention (IJHSSI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Humanities and Social Science. IJHSSI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Humanities and Social Science, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
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1) Belief in witchcraft is deeply rooted in African cosmology and traditional African worldviews see the world as interconnected between the physical and spiritual realms. Witchcraft poses a significant threat according to traditional African beliefs.
2) Witchcraft has had destructive social and economic impacts on African communities, weakening social bonds and forcing adoption of protective spiritual practices. It has led to relationship breakdowns, conflicts, and insecurity.
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Teaching Business Ethics in AfricaWhat Ethical Orientatio.docxmattinsonjanel
Teaching Business Ethics in Africa:
What Ethical Orientation? The Case
of East and Central Africa Christine Wanjiru Gichure
ABSTRACT. This paper starts off from what seems to be
a difficulty of ethics in African Business today. For several
years now Transparency International has placed some
African countries high on its list of most corrupt countries
of the world. The conclusion one draws from this
assessment is that either African culture has no regard or
concern for ethics, or that there has been a gradual loss of
the concept of the ethical and the moral in contemporary
African society. Equally problematic is the teaching and
promotion of Business ethics in organizations. Western
philosophical theories and systems alone have not suc-
ceeded in providing access to ethical life of people in
modern Africa. This paper is an attempt to inject an
orientation that takes into account African manners and
customs, their religious convictions and their under-
standing of the world as a whole, in the teaching of
Business Ethics. East and Central Africa have been se-
lected due to their common lingua franca, Kiswahili, and
the fact that the author has more teaching experience
within that region.
KEY WORDS: Ethics, East Africa, cultural transition,
morality, use of proverbs in teaching ethics.
Traditional African business and ethical
values
This paper starts off from what seems to be a diffi-
culty of ethics in African Business today. For several
years now Transparency International has placed
some African countries high on its list of most cor-
rupt countries of the world. The conclusion one
draws from this assessment is that either African
culture has no regard or concern for ethics, or that
there has been a gradual loss of the concept of the
ethical and the moral in contemporary African
society. This latter has been the most accepted the-
ory which, further more, suggests that this loss of the
ethical is particularly noticeable within the family
and in the exercise of public office (Dalfovo, 1992).
African scholars view this decline as underlying
most of the contemporary problems of the conti-
nent. Efforts to explain the root cause of this decline
in moral consciousness, especially with relation to
economic matters, have been abundant. Some the-
orists point to the process of social transformation
that occurred in Africa through the contact of
African cultures with external cultures, principally
the European and Asia over the last 150 years
(Kigongo, 1992). The result of that transformation,
they argue, automatically relegated the African
people to a state of poverty because there was no
Christine Wanjiru Gichure, born in Limuru, Kenya did her
undergraduate studies at the University of Nairobi before
moving on to the University of Navarre for her MA degree.
After several years teaching history and social ethics at sec-
ondary school Gichure embarked on her doctoral degree work
obtaining her Ph ...
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Walter Rodney 1973WalterPazSilviapm
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Walter Rodney 1973
Walter Rodney 1973
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Published by: Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, London and
Tanzanian Publishing House, Dar-Es-Salaam 1973, Transcript from
6th reprint, 1983;
Transcribed: by Joaquin Arriola.
To
Pat, Muthoni, Mashaka and
the extended family
Contents
Preface
Chapter One. Some Questions on Development
1.1 What is Development
1.2 What is Underdevelopment?
Chapter Two. How Africa Developed Before the Coming
of the Europeans up to the 15th Century
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2.1 General Over-View
2.2 Concrete Examples
Chapter Three. Africa’s Contribution to European
Capitalist Development — the Pre-Colonial Period
3.1 How Europe Became the Dominant Section of a World-
Wide Trade System
3.2 Africa’s contribution to the economy and beliefs of early
capitalist Europe
Chapter Four. Europe and the Roots of African
Underdevelopment — to 1885
4.1 The European Slave Trade as a Basic Factor in African
Underdevelopment
4.2 Technological Stagnation and Distortion of the African
Economy in the Pre-Colonial Epoch
4.3 Continuing Politico-Military Developments in Africa —
1500 to 1885
Chapter Five. Africa’s Contribution to the Capitalist
Development of Europe — the Colonial Period
5.1 Expatriation of African Surplus Under Colonialism
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5.2 The Strengthening of Technological and Military Aspects
of Capitalism
Chapter Six. Colonialism as a System for
Underdeveloping Africa
6.1 The Supposed Benefits of Colonialism to Africa
6.2 Negative Character of the Social, Political and Economic
Consequences
6.3 Education for Underdevelopment
6.4 Development by Contradiction
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Preface
This book derives from a concern with the contemporary African
situation. It delves into the past only because otherwise it would be
impossible to understand how the present came into being and what the
trends are for the near future. In the search for an understanding of what
is now called “underdevelopment” in Africa, the limits of enquiry have
had to be fixed as far apart as the fifteenth century, on the one hand and
the end of the colonial period, on the other hand.
Ideally. an analysis of underdevelopment should come even closer to
the present than the end of the colonial period in the 1960s. The
phenomenon of neo-colonialism cries out for extensive investigation in
order to formulate the stra ...
The document discusses the concept of African Humanism, which refers to a philosophy that values the welfare of all humans, especially Africans. It focuses on traditional African values like hospitality, respect for life, solidarity, and communal living. African Humanism is described as ambiguous but anchored in ideology. It possesses mechanisms to resist threats like racism, apartheid, and corrupt leadership. The document argues that harnessing African Humanism could help address social, political, economic, and other challenges on the continent.
Chapter 4
Afrocentricity and Education
Carter G. Woodson wrote in the book, The Mis-education of the Negro, that
Africans in the United States were being mis-educated by the promotion of Europe as
if it were the only source of human knowledge.[1] Indeed, Woodson’s classic reveals
the fundamental problems pertaining to the education of the African person in the
Americas. As Woodson contends, African people have been educated away from
their own culture and traditions and attached to the fringes of European culture; thus
dislocated from themselves, Woodson asserts that African Americans often valorize
European culture to the detriment of their own heritage.[2] Although Woodson does
not advocate rejection of citizenship or nationality, he believed that assuming Africans
hold the same position as European Americans vis-a-vis the realities of the United
States, Brazil, or Colombia would lead to the psychological and cultural death of the
African people. Furthermore, if education is ever to be substantive and meaningful
within the context of society, it must first address the African’s historical experiences.
I will examine the nature and scope of this approach, establish its necessity, and
suggest ways to develop and disseminate it throughout all levels of education. Two
propositions stand in the background of the theoretical and philosophical issues I will
present. These ideas represent the core presuppositions on which I have based most
of my work in the field of education, and they suggest the direction of my own thinking
about what education is capable of doing to and for an already politically and
economically marginalized population: (1) Education is fundamentally a social
phenomenon whose ultimate purpose is to socialize the learner; to send a child to
school is to prepare that child to become part of a social group. (2) Schools are
reflective of the societies that develop them (i.e., a white supremacist-dominated
society will develop a white supremacist educational system, a communist society will
develop a communist educational system, etc.).
One of the ways the Afrocentrists have designed for situating problems in
education, with applications to other sectors of the society, is critical location. The
definition of critical location is the site where the researcher locates a researchable
problem within a matrix of political, social, and economic fields in order to determine
the extent to which the problem is being affected by internal and external forces. For
example, the problem of effectiveness of culture in schools can be adequately
located, that is, situated for a critical location project.
In education, centricity refers to a perspective that involves locating students
within the context of their own cultural references so that they can relate socially and
psychologically to other cultural perspectives. Centricity is a concept that can be
applied to any culture. The centrist paradigm is supported by research showing that
the most.
This document discusses the importance and goals of Afrocentric education. It makes three key points:
1) Traditional education promotes a Eurocentric perspective that marginalizes African students and their cultural experiences. Afrocentric education aims to center African students by teaching content from an African worldview.
2) A truly multicultural education must be built upon an Afrocentric foundation in order to respectfully include non-European cultural perspectives that have often been excluded or minimized.
3) Implementing Afrocentric education in practice has faced resistance, but it is a necessary step towards establishing a just, accurate and non-hierarchical educational system for all students.
This document provides a biography and overview of the intellectual contributions of Joseph Ki-Zerbo, a prominent African historian and thinker from Burkina Faso. It describes how Ki-Zerbo received a colonial education but developed a commitment to African independence and emancipation. As an educator, he advocated for endogenous development in Africa and stressed the importance of thinking independently and drawing from African traditions. The document outlines Ki-Zerbo's career advocating for education reform in Burkina Faso and across Africa, including his roles in establishing organizations to standardize higher education. It analyzes Ki-Zerbo's emphasis on self-confidence, critical thinking, and taking a holistic approach to development through education.
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This paper sets out to discuss the question of African identity from the position related to Nkrumah’s Pan Africanism. This work demonstrates that the question of African identity is challenged by the diversity of cultural heritages that incarnate the African continent and its peoples. It also shows that the invasions by foreign cultures impede the delimitation of an identity called African, and that the re education of the African is instrumental in reinventing an African identity capable of competing with other cultures in the global space . Tanyi, Pamela Nugha | Nde, Paul Ade "A Critical Appraisal of Kwame Nkrumah’s Pan Africanism and the Appropriation of African Identity" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-1 , December 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49130.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/social-science/49130/a-critical-appraisal-of-kwame-nkrumah’s-pan-africanism-and-the-appropriation-of-african-identity/tanyi-pamela-nugha
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There are two types of scholars in the global African community. The first type internalizes white supremacy and never questions white theories. They seek approval from white institutions. The second type challenges white theories and models, believing they are not applicable to Africans. This scholar studies various philosophies but finds them un-African. They take the position that white males are not inherently more intelligent and have used violence to promote their dominance. However, this second type of scholar works in isolation without financial support and faces opposition from those who promote white supremacy.
African writer as mediator a study of ayo dada's the king's clarion callAlexander Decker
This document discusses the role and preoccupations of African writers through history. It analyzes how their themes have evolved from chronicling the beauty of pre-colonial African cultures to representing the socio-political challenges of modern Africa, such as corruption, economic struggles, and globalization. The document uses Ayo Dada's novel "The King's Clarion Call" to examine how contemporary African writers continue this tradition of social commentary through allegory and didactic tales aimed at educating audiences about morality and human failings. Writers are portrayed as crucial links between communities and purveyors of cultural values and standards.
За пределами афроцентризма: предпосылки для того, чтобы Сомали возглавила африканскую деколонизацию и девестернизацию
Содержание
Введение
I. Деколонизация и отказ афроцентрической интеллигенции
II. Афроцентристским африканским ученым следовало бы отобрать египтологию у западных востоковедов и африканистов.
III. Западная узурпация африканского наследия должна быть отменена.
IV. Афроцентризм должен был включать в себя резкую критику и полное неприятие так называемой западной цивилизации.
V. Афроцентризм как форма африканского изоляционизма, проводящая линию разделения между колонизированными странами Африки и Азии.
VI. Общая оценка человеческих ресурсов, времени и необходимых затрат
VII. Деколонизация означает, прежде всего, деанглификацию и дефранкизацию.
Contents
Introduction
I. Decolonization and the failure of the Afrocentric Intelligentsia
II. Afrocentric African scholars should have been taken Egyptology back from the Western Orientalists and Africanists
III. Western Usurpation of African Heritage must be canceled.
IV. Afrocentrism had to encompass severe criticism and total rejection of the so-called Western Civilization
V. Afrocentrism as a form of African Isolationism drawing a line of separation between colonized nations in Africa and Asia
VI. General estimation of the human resources, the time, and the cost needed
VII. Decolonization means above all De-Anglicization and De-Francization
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The document discusses the author's cosmological, ontological, and epistemological assumptions and methodological perspectives. The author believes that cosmology influences ontology and methodology for understanding truth. As a person of African origin, the author's worldview is shaped by African cosmology, which sees all things as interconnected. Embracing African cosmology helps the author reclaim their cultural identity and thrive in a postcolonial landscape. The author summarizes some characteristics of African cosmology, such as a holistic worldview, integration of the spiritual and everyday, and emphasis on balance, community, and wisdom.
The document discusses post-colonial curriculum development in Africa. It frames the conversation around understanding culture dynamically and how school curriculum can be decolonized or Africanized. It discusses how postcolonial theory examines power relations formed by colonialism and its impacts. It critiques Western philosophy, like Cartesian dualism, that positioned Europeans as the center and justified colonialism. It argues that indigenous knowledge was suppressed and that curriculum needs to value local knowledge and experiences while addressing current social needs. The document provides perspectives on Africanizing schools through inclusive knowledge production, culturally-sensitive pedagogy, and learning methods from indigenous traditions.
Afrocentricity An Assessment of an African Agency.pdfWendy Hager
This document discusses the concept of Afrocentricity and its aims to place Africa and African perspectives at the center of analyzing African experiences and culture. It begins by defining what qualifies someone as African, noting definitions focus on shared history, culture, and resistance to European domination. The document then discusses the concept of culture, stating African culture emphasizes harmony with nature and acknowledging other cultures. It describes Afrocentricity as a paradigm seeking to decolonize African minds from Eurocentric influences by analyzing African issues from an African perspective rather than a European one. The goal is to correct misinterpretations of African culture and experiences from a solely European viewpoint.
Nana Kobina Nketsia V on Ancestors and the NationAmos Anyimadu
This document summarizes a longer paper on the role of tradition in nation-building in Ghana. It discusses how Ghanaian intellectuals and chiefs in the early 20th century sought to promote and defend their culture and traditions against a Eurocentric view imposed by colonialism. It argues that Ghanaian education today remains disconnected from the social realities and knowledge systems of indigenous communities. By imitating Western models, Ghanaian intellectuals and the educated class have become estranged from their own cultural heritage and communities.
Cosmological, Ontological, Epistemological Assumptions and Methodological Per...RBG Communiversity
This document discusses the author's cosmological, ontological, and epistemological perspectives and how they are interconnected. The author embraces African cosmology as it reclaims their denied identity and allows them to thrive in a postcolonial landscape. African cosmology is described as holistic and understanding the world as interconnected. It posits that spirituality, the intellectual, emotional and physical are not separate. Some key aspects of African cosmology highlighted include a both/and approach to life, striving for balance, and viewing time as relational rather than linear. The author argues for the importance of reclaiming Africa's contributions to knowledge that have often been denied or belittled.
The Influence of Green Tax Implementation and Social Responsibility Programs ...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT : The issue of climate change related to carbon emissions has become an alarming global
phenomenon. The manufacturing sector contributes significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore,
efforts to mitigate climate change through the implementation of green taxes and Social Responsibility
Programsare important for manufacturing industry. This research aims to analyze the effect of implementing
green tax and Social Responsibility Programs on environmentally sustainable development in manufacturing
industry. A quantitative approach is used with the research object of manufacturing industry listed on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2020-2022. Analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS) method. The research
results show that the implementation of green tax has a significant effect on environmentally sustainable
development, while Social Responsibility Programsdo not have a significant effect. These findings indicate that
green tax policies are effective in encouraging companies to switch to more environmentally friendly business
practices, but Social Responsibility Programshave not been fully integrated with environmental sustainability
efforts. This research contributes to the literature related to fiscal policy instruments and corporate social
responsibility practices in supporting environmentally sound sustainable development in the manufacturing
sector.
KEYWORDS: Green tax; Social responsibility; Environmentally sustainable development; Manufacturing
industry
Creating Immersive Language Learning Environments for Young LearnersAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Creating immersive language learning environments for young learners in English as a Foreign
Language (EFL) contexts has been a topic of considerable interest and debate among educators. Despite
numerous constraints such as time, curriculum, and stakeholder expectations, it is feasible to develop effective
immersive environments. This paper explores the concept of immersion language learning, tracing its historical
development and highlighting its benefits, particularly for young learners. It discusses the distinctions between
total, partial, and dual-immersion programs, emphasizing the critical role of using the target language as the
medium of instruction. Furthermore, it examines the cognitive and academic advantages documented in seminal
immersion programs like Saint-Lambert and Coral Way. By synthesizing research and offering practical
strategies for EFL settings, this paper underscores the importance of teacher commitment, the selection of
appropriate materials, and the adoption of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) principles.
Ultimately, the findings affirm that immersive environments significantly enhance language proficiency,
cognitive flexibility, and academic achievement, advocating for their broader implementation in EFL
classrooms.
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This paper starts off from what seems to be a diffi-
culty of ethics in African Business today. For several
years now Transparency International has placed
some African countries high on its list of most cor-
rupt countries of the world. The conclusion one
draws from this assessment is that either African
culture has no regard or concern for ethics, or that
there has been a gradual loss of the concept of the
ethical and the moral in contemporary African
society. This latter has been the most accepted the-
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and in the exercise of public office (Dalfovo, 1992).
African scholars view this decline as underlying
most of the contemporary problems of the conti-
nent. Efforts to explain the root cause of this decline
in moral consciousness, especially with relation to
economic matters, have been abundant. Some the-
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that occurred in Africa through the contact of
African cultures with external cultures, principally
the European and Asia over the last 150 years
(Kigongo, 1992). The result of that transformation,
they argue, automatically relegated the African
people to a state of poverty because there was no
Christine Wanjiru Gichure, born in Limuru, Kenya did her
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. Walter Rodney 1973
Walter Rodney 1973
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
Published by: Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications, London and
Tanzanian Publishing House, Dar-Es-Salaam 1973, Transcript from
6th reprint, 1983;
Transcribed: by Joaquin Arriola.
To
Pat, Muthoni, Mashaka and
the extended family
Contents
Preface
Chapter One. Some Questions on Development
1.1 What is Development
1.2 What is Underdevelopment?
Chapter Two. How Africa Developed Before the Coming
of the Europeans up to the 15th Century
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2.1 General Over-View
2.2 Concrete Examples
Chapter Three. Africa’s Contribution to European
Capitalist Development — the Pre-Colonial Period
3.1 How Europe Became the Dominant Section of a World-
Wide Trade System
3.2 Africa’s contribution to the economy and beliefs of early
capitalist Europe
Chapter Four. Europe and the Roots of African
Underdevelopment — to 1885
4.1 The European Slave Trade as a Basic Factor in African
Underdevelopment
4.2 Technological Stagnation and Distortion of the African
Economy in the Pre-Colonial Epoch
4.3 Continuing Politico-Military Developments in Africa —
1500 to 1885
Chapter Five. Africa’s Contribution to the Capitalist
Development of Europe — the Colonial Period
5.1 Expatriation of African Surplus Under Colonialism
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5.2 The Strengthening of Technological and Military Aspects
of Capitalism
Chapter Six. Colonialism as a System for
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6.2 Negative Character of the Social, Political and Economic
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6.3 Education for Underdevelopment
6.4 Development by Contradiction
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implementing a one-group pretest-posttest research design. The qualitative and quantitative findings confirm
that there is a statistically significant difference between the pretest and posttest results. Therefore, the adopted
treatment, the out-group collaborative learning method, has improved students’ communication, adaptability and
presentation delivery skills. The findings of this study can be useful for future studies and give language
teachers insights into the importance of using the out-group collaborative learning method in their teaching of
the soft skills.
KEYWORDS : collaborative learning, soft-skills, out-group collaborative learning method
STUDY ON THE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF HUZHOU TOURISMAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Huzhou has rich tourism resources, as early as a considerable development since the reform and
opening up, especially in recent years, Huzhou tourism has ushered in a new period of development
opportunities. At present, Huzhou tourism has become one of the most characteristic tourist cities on the East
China tourism line. With the development of Huzhou City, the tourism industry has been further improved, and
the tourism degree of the whole city has further increased the transformation and upgrading of the tourism
industry. However, the development of tourism in Huzhou City still lags far behind the tourism development of
major cities in East China. This round of research mainly analyzes the current development of tourism in
Huzhou City, on the basis of analyzing the specific situation, pointed out that the current development of
Huzhou tourism problems, and then analyzes these problems one by one, and put forward some specific
solutions, so as to promote the further rapid development of tourism in Huzhou City.
KEYWORDS:Huzhou; Travel; Development
Enhancing Losari Beach Exploration: Augmented Reality for Immersive Visualiza...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: South Sulawesi, commonly known as Makassar, boasts rich cultural heritage and customs,
making it a prominent destination for tourism. Among its attractions, Losari beach stands out as a focal point for
visitors seeking to explore the city's natural beauty and cultural offerings. In this context, leveraging modern
technology such as augmented reality presents an innovative approach to showcasing Losari beach to potential
tourists. This research endeavors to introduce tourism assets in a more visually captivating manner through the
use of augmented reality. Utilizing software tools like Unity and Adobe Illustrator, the study focuses on creating
an immersive experience where tourists can interact with virtual representations of Losari beach. By simply
pointing their mobile phone cameras at designated markers or using barcode scanners, tourists can access
augmented reality features embedded within the application. The findings of this research aim to provide
valuable information, particularly for foreign tourists, about Losari beach, positioning it as a compelling
destination within South Sulawesi's diverse array of tourist attractions. Through this technological innovation,
the study seeks to enhance the visibility and appeal of Makassar city's tourism offerings on a global scale.
KEYWORDS: Visualizing, Losari Beach, Augmented Reality
DEVELOPMENT STATUS AND COUNTERMEASURES OF TMALL DURING THE COVID-19 EPIDEMICAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT:China's e-commerce enterprises have developed rapidly, among which Tmall has become one of
the largest retail shopping websites in China.But in the past year, the Covid-19 epidemic has brought a huge
impact to Chinese e-commerce enterprises, and Tmall is no exception.Therefore, the development status of
Tmall in the new crown epidemic situation was analyzed, and the viewpoint was put forward :Tmall1 stabilized
the situation in the face of the epidemic situation and made a very correct countermeasures.The influence of this
epidemic on Tmall was deeply analyzed, and the conclusion was made: the new crown epidemic is both a
challenge and an opportunity forTmall.
KEYWORDS:Tmall; COVID - 19 outbreak ; The electronic commerce
Factors affecting undergraduate students’ motivation at a university in Tra VinhAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Motivation plays an important role in foreign language learning process. This study aimed to
investigate student’s motivation patterns towards English language learning at a University in Tra Vinh, and factors
affecting their motivation change toward English language learning of non-English-major students in the semester.
The researcher used semi-structured interview at the first phase of choosing the participants and writing reflection
through the instrument called “My English Learning Motivation History” adapted from Sawyer (2007) to collect
qualitative data within 15 weeks. The participants consisted of nine first year non-English-major students who learning
General English at pre-intermediate level. They were chosen and divided into three groups of three members each
(high motivation group; average motivation group; and low motivation group). The results of the present study
identified six visual motivation patterns of three groups of students with different motivation fluctuation, through the
use of cluster analysis. The study also indicated a diversity of factors affecting students’ motivation involving internal
factors as influencing factors (cognitive, psychology, and emotion) and external factors as social factors (instructor,
peers, family, and learning environment) during English language learning in a period of 15 weeks. The findings of
the study helped teacher understand relationship of motivation change and its influential factors. Furthermore, the
findings also inspired next research about motivation development in learning English process.
KEY WORDS: language learning motivation, motivation change, motivation patterns, influential factors, students’
motivation.
The Impact of Work Stress and Digital Literacy on Employee Performance at PT ...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT :This research aims to analyze the correlation between employee work stress and digital literacy
with employee performance at PT Telkom Akses Area Cirebon, both concurrently and partially. Employing a
quantitative approach, the study's objectives are descriptive and causal, adopting a positivist paradigm with a
deductive approach to theory development and a survey research strategy. Findings reveal that work stress
negatively and significantly impacts employee performance, while digital literacy positively and significantly
affects it. Simultaneously, work stress and digital literacy have a positive and significant influence on employee
performance. It is anticipated that company management will devise workload management strategies to
alleviate work stress and assess the implementation of more efficient digital technology to enhance employee
performance.
KEYWORDS -digital literacy, employee performance,job stress, multiple regression analysis, workload
management
The Settlement of Construction Disputes Through Dispute Councils From the Per...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT:This research differs from the practice of business activity in the construction services industry,
which may lead to construction disputes. The settlement of construction disputes is a consensus based on the
basic principle of debate. If the discussions between the parties do not reach an agreement, the parties may take
measures to resolve the dispute through the dispute council. Because the standard governing the disputes
committee was not fully regulated, they did not comply with the principle of legal certainty. Therefore, further
research was needed to establish a theoretical basis for regulating the disputes committee in settling construction
disputes. This research is a standard legal research using a legal regulatory, conceptual, and comparative
approach. The research results show that the ideal concept of resolving construction disputes through a dispute
council based on the value of legal certainty is to establish that the position of the dispute council is a special
court that has the authority to resolve construction disputes under construction services agreements. To realize
the position of the Court of Disputation as a special court, it must be based on the creation of philosophical
values, the creationof legislative regulations, and the creation of the institutional structure of the Court of
Disputation.
KEYWORDS-Construction Disputes, Dispute Council, Special Court
VALUES OF ORAL LITERATURE IN THE SOCIETY: A STUDY OF FOLKTALES OFOGBA IN RIVE...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT : Oral literature is a creative work of art that portends high merit and has the creative use of
imagination in preliterate societies. It adopts the genres of literature: drama, prose and poetry in the oral milieu,
using performance as its hallmark. It thrives on the use of oral data because of its orality. This paper focuses on
the moral values or oral literature in the society using Ogba as a spring board. The study was carried out in
communities ofOgba. The population of the study consists of ten towns and village, in Ogba. The theoretical
framework used is Dell Hyme’s ethno-poetics because the works of oral literature relate to the society. This
paper concludes that oral literature serves to against all odds; communicate ideas, emotions, beliefs and
appreciation of life. The folktales in Ogba for instance, serve similar purpose through their
rendition/performance. Through the stories, the younger generation in Ogba society is familiarised with the
customs, traditions, and rituals prevalent in the society. This paper therefore recommends the use of oral
literature in all its genres to inculcate moral values and lessons to the teenagers and youths. Against this
background, Ogba (African) themselves must cease to regard oral literature as primitive and fetish.
KEYWORDS: Values, Oral Literature, Society, Ogba, Folktales
Pormalistikong Pagdalumat sa mga Tula ni Ron CanimoAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Nilayon ng pag-aaral na ito na masuri ang dalawampung (20) tula ni Ron Canimo gamit ang
pormalistikong dulog batay sa mga sumusunod na elemento: (a) Sukat at Tugma, (b) Talinghaga at
Simbolismo, (c) Imahen, (d) Tema, at (e) Diksiyon. Layunin din nitong mataya ang antas ng pagtanggap ng
ginawang pagsusuri gamit ang nabuong instrumento sa pagtataya nito. Sinunod dito ang Input-Process-Output
na balangkas ng pag-aaral at ginamitan ng kwantitatib-deskriptib-ebalwatib na pamamaraan. Sa pamamagitan
ng talatanungang ibinatay sa ginamit ni Morales (2014) na naimodipika ayon sa kahingian ng kasalukuyang
pag-aaral, tatlong (3) gurong eksperto ang nagsilbing tagataya dito na siyang tumiyak sa kahusayan ng nabuong
pagsusuri ng mananaliksik. Gamit ang Content Analysis, natuklasan na makabagong pamamaraan ang istilo na
ginamit ni Ron Canimo sa pagsulat ng mga tula. Lahat ng kanyang mga tula ay walang sinusunod na sukat at
tugma, may iba‟t ibang tayutay at simbolismong ginamit, magkaibang pandama ang pinagana dahil sa mga
imahe at paglalarawang ginawa, iba‟t ibang uri ng pag-ibig ang tinalakay at gumamit ng pormal, impormal o
kumbersasyonal na wika at makabagong istilo sa pagsulat ng tula. Gamit ang mean at standard deviation,
lumabas na “Mataas” ang antas ng pagtanggap sa kabuuan ng mga gurong eksperto na tumaya sa nabuong
pagsusuri. Lumabas din na “Mataas” ang antas ng kanilang pagtanggap sa nabuong pagsusuri batay sa mga
sumusunod na elemento: (a) Sukat at Tugma, (b) Talinghaga at Simbolismo, (c) Imahen, (d) Tema, at (e)
Diksiyon. Mula sa natayang pagsusuri at kinalabasan ng antas ng pagtanggap dito, naitala ang mga paksa sa
Junior High School Filipino na maaaring lapatan at gamitan ng nabuong pagsusuri.
KEYWORDS: Kumbensyunal, Pagdalumat, Pormalistiko, Ron Canimo, Tula
SCHOOL CULTURE ADAPTATION AMONG INDIGENOUS PEOPLES COLLEGE STUDENTS AT A PRIV...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: This qualitative study investigates the adaption experiences of indigenous college students at the
University of Mindanao, Matina-main campus. Eight major themes emerged, including difficulties with language
proficiency, online learning, classroom interaction, examination systems, grading procedures, school regulations,
resource accessibility, coping mechanisms, and future goals. Implications include the requirement for targeted
language proficiency and technology use support, an understanding of adaption processes, interventions to
improve resource accessibility, and equitable public administration policies. The study underlines the importance
of adaptation in various educational contexts, as well as the role of educators and legislators in creating inclusive
learning environments.
KEYWORDS: indigenous college students, adaptation, educational challenges, coping strategies
The effect of Institutional Ownership, Sales Growth and Profitability on Tax ...AJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: This research aims to test, analyze and obtain empirical evidence about the influence of
institutional ownership, sales growth and profitability on tax avoidance. The object of this research is
manufacturing companies in the consumer goods industry sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI)
in 2018-2022. This research used quantitative research methods and causal research design. The sampling
technique in this research used non-probability sampling with purposive sampling as the basis for determining
the sample so that a sample of 55 samples was obtained. The data used is secondary data obtained from the
official website of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) during the 2018-2022 period. The data analysis method
used was multiple linear regression analysis with several tests such as descriptive statistical tests, classical
assumption tests, and hypothesis testing using SPSS version 26 statistical software. The results showed that the
institutional ownership variable has no effect on tax avoidance, while the sales growth and profitability has a
negative and significant effect on tax avoidance.
KEYWORDS: Institutional Ownership, Sales Growth, Profitability, Tax Avoidance
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Self-Generation and Liberation of Africa: The Viaticum of Hans Jonas’ Principle of Responsibility
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American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR)
e-ISSN : 2378-703X
Volume-07, Issue-08, pp-187-197
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Research Paper Open Access
Self-Generation and Liberation of Africa: The Viaticum of Hans
Jonas’ Principle of Responsibility
Naïna Liza BOUNYA ÉPÉE EBENYE
1
1
(Department of Philosophy, The University of Douala, Cameroon)
ABSTRACT: The idea of African self-generation is based on two fundamental concepts: the freedom and
responsibility of Africans. Self-generation can only be functional and efficient if Africans decide to resolutely
commit themselves to becoming what they wish for themselves through the power of their own thought and
action. As such, it is necessary to pose the problem of African dependence on the Western world on the one
hand and, on the other hand, to condemn the abject behaviours portrayed by Africans. All this in view of
defining the responsibility bestowed on Africans today, in a context of omnivorous globalization. In our
opinion, the quest for African development can only be satisfied if Africans acknowledge their responsibility in
the course of their history. The source of African liberation and its commitment could be inspired by Hans
Jonas‟ “principle of responsibility”. This principle is above all a source of reflection that has a normative
vocation: it is a question of recognising the value of life on the basis of the vulnerability to which it bears
witness. The “principle of responsibility” invites us to be concerned about what might happen to Africa if we are
not watchful with technology. In congruence with his „heuristic of fear‟, the role of philosophy is to anticipate
future threats and to prevent possible catastrophes. In this way, our contribution intends to proceed by clarifying
some key concepts in order to establish an epistemology of the major philosophies that we muster. The
conceptual elucidation will lead us to explore the Jonasian paradigm of the „principle of responsibility‟,
followed by a dialogue of this paradigm with its political stakes on the self- generation of Africa.
KEYWORDS:Self-generation, Liberation, Principle of responsibility, Globalisation, Africa.
I. INTRODUCTION
The endogenous phenomenon embedded in the daily behaviour of the African is basically his obscure
and somewhat irresponsible attitude to the unfolding of history. The point here is that Africans seem not to be
always aware of their own state of underdevelopment, and therefore lack discipline and rigour in the
management of their existence in all areas of life: politics, economy and culture as a whole. Abject behaviour on
the part of politicians is displayed on a daily basis, and suggests that they are complacent in their
underdevelopment. They rob the resources of nations for their own benefit, as Frantz Fanon remarks, in the
underdeveloped countries, we have seen that there is no real bourgeoisie but a sort of small caste with long and
voracious teeth.1
This is an administrative bourgeoisie that excels in enjoyment and pleasure, what Njoh-
Mouelle considers as luxurious-well-being, which is the characteristic of a boastful elite. Here, the African
people is led to pursue the pseudo-values of mediocrity, which are having, happiness and ease2
. Axelle Kabou
believes that the will of Africans must be questioned. For her, Africans have never wanted development. She
argues that the underdevelopment of African leaders always corresponds to the underdevelopment of the
intellectuals and of the masses3
. The underdevelopment of leaders always corresponds to the underdevelopment
1
Frantz fanon, Les damnées de la terre, Éditions François Maspero, 1976, pp. 131-132, « Dans les pays sous-
développés, nous avons vu qu'il n‟existait pas de véritable bourgeoisie mais une sorte de petite caste aux dents
longues et voraces ».
2
Ebénézer Njoh-Mouelle, De la médiocrité à l'excellence, Éditions Clé, Yaoundé, 2011, p.170 : « L‟avoir, le
bonheur, la facilité ».
3
Axelle Kabou, Et si l'Afrique refusait le développement, Paris, L‟Harmattan, 1991, « Au sous- développement
des leaders correspond toujours celui des intellectuels et des masses ».
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of the intellectuals and the masses and this situation of underdevelopment inevitably has unfortunate
consequences.
It is not a question of the political, economic and cultural alienation of Africa. The continent no longer
belongs to itself, it is basically ruled from outside. The political, economic and cultural models are modelled on
those of the Colonial Cities. This leads to a policy of linguistic, ideological and socio-cultural dependence,
which is aggravated by neo-liberal globalisation, skillfully orchestrated by the neo-imperialist Western world.
Economically, it is extraversion which is characterised by trade deficits and the deterioration of terms of trade.
The African economy is disoriented, lacking its own identity.
Internally, respect for ethical standards is no longer the order of the day: corruption, bad governance,
financial mismanagement or the robbery and misuse of public funds are increasingly part of African identity.
Culturally, Africa seems to have lost her identity, insofar as she allows herself to be invaded by Western models
of dressing, food, education and sex. The consequences of this situation are cultural alienation, the loss of
identity which leads to depersonalisation4
. However, for Marcien Towa, in reality, no large-scale cultural
development will be possible in Africa unless it builds a material power capable of guaranteeing its sovereignty
and its decision- making power not only in the political and economic fields, but also in the cultural field5
.
Thus, in the face of the development challenge of the African continent, it is the navigation at sight, or
the total absence of a development programme that must be noted. According to Joseph Essindi Evina,
development requires the use of technology, and the implementation of technology implies psychological
changes, i.e. in mentalities and behaviour6
.
In a world where postmodem critique leads to the decolonisation of unifying ideologies, to the rejection
of the meta-narratives of modernity, it is necessary to realise that a unanimous discourse on African
development must take into account this attitude of distrust towards progress. Indeed, in the thought of Rorty, as
in that of Lyotard, one detects a distrust of any meta-narrative. Ihab Hassan, to whom we owe one of the most
striking definitions of postmodernity, provides us with a very clear classification of the lineamental principles of
postmodemity: 1) Imprecisions : acceptances of ambiguities, caesuras and shifts; 2) Fragmentations; 3)
Decanonisation; 4) Loss of the self and interiority; 5) Unpresentability; 6) Irony : from perspectivism, itself a
product of multivalence; 7) Hybridization; 8) Carnivalization, which is like the heteroglossia of a Rabelais or a
Sterne, both of which are called pre-postmodem, and is also centrifugal polyphony, a joyfully multicoloured
relativity; 9) Performance and participation, energy in movement; 10) Constructionism, which means that the
world is no longer given once and for all, unique, but rather there is a continuous process of generation of a
plurality of conflicting „versions‟; 11) Immanence in the intertextuality of all life, with bearers of bundles of
related meanings. This is the fundamental reason why the emergence of Africa calls for the responsibility of
Africans. Faced with all this complexity of the conjectures of the present world, the appeal to Hans Jonas‟
responsibility ethics seems necessary to us.
At a time when environmental problems are emerging in the world, Hans Jonas marks a break with the
old ethical conception by publishing a work, the Principle of Responsibility, which is presented as an answer to
the questions about the consequences of science and technology. Contrary to his master Heidegger, Jonas
engages his reflection towards ethics and thus, leaves the oblivion of being, because he is concerned with the
“being of others” and engages life. For Jonas, it is a question of elaborating an effective philosophy to safeguard
the future.
Faced with an ethics that is resolutely anthropocentric, whereas man is in close correlation with nature,
Jonas develops an ethics of man‟s responsibility towards nature. Such an ethics must lay the foundations for the
future of humanity in direct relation to that of nature and establish the principle of respect for this same nature as
the guarantee of the future. It is a matter of resolutely laying the foundations of a knowledge based on
forecasting. Scientific knowledge must no longer be scattered and disparate, but must follow a programme that
safeguards the future. This paper sets out to define the lines of Africa‟s responsibility. How can a free
4
Ebénézer Njoh-Mouelle, op.cit., p.43.
5
Marcien Towa, Essai sur la problématique philosophique dans l’Afrique actuelle, Éditions Clé, 1981, p. 51,
« En réalité aucun développement culturel d‟envergure ne sera possible en Afrique avant qu‟elle n‟édifie une
puissance matérielle capable de garantir sa souveraineté et son pouvoir de décision non seulement dans le
domaine politique et économique, mais aussi dans le domaine culturel. »
6
Joseph Essindi Evina, « Famille, école et éducation dans l‟Afrique actuelle », in Zéenn, N°2 et 3, p.261, « Le
développement requiert l‟utilisation de la technique, et la mise en œuvre de celle-ci implique des changements
psychologiques, c‟est-à-dire dans les mentalités et les comportements. »
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conscience, in the light of this Jonasian responsibility, lead Africa to development? In other words, what is our
freedom and responsibility in this postmodern world of turpitude?
II. SELF-GENERATION AND LIBERATION
Self-generation is an efficient consciousness allowing the African to self-determine and build his own
destiny. This concept carries freedom and responsibility. Two related concepts that carry the vital tone of
development consciousness.
1. Freedom of Conscience
It is conceived as the possibility of detachment. It is the breaking away from appearances, illusions,
shadows and false knowledge. All conscious freedom is born of the will to live, of the desire for self-assertion.
Plato‟s thymus, Hegel‟s desire for recognition, Machiavelli‟s desire for glory or Nietzsche‟s will to power
translates this idea of freedom of conscience. Our first form of freedom is to be able to develop according to our
-willingness- to be in the world. "The freedom of the will only begins where thought becomes free for itself,
where what is general is produced7
. It is a question of moving from a form of hetero-determined consciousness
to an autonomous consciousness in order to be able to think Africa through the African people and the African
reality. Why are we forced to think the machine with the European brand ? Why are we forced to validate the
Western method as the only way to search for truth in all fields?
Why must we reflect our existence on Western forces and foundations? This questioning can go on ad
infinitum. But we want to defend the idea that our African consciousness should become autonomous in the
exercise of thought without necessarily being subjected to the schemes of Western thought. Epictetus said that
man possesses, by nature, a will that knows neither obstacles nor constraints8
. Stoic philosophy argues that there
is a rational destiny, a natural order that man is incapable of contesting, but Epictetus does not conclude from
this that we are deprived of freedom; he only distinguishes between things “within our power” and things not
“within our power.” Our feelings, our opinions, our judgments depend on us. Our body, our health, death do not
depend on us. Man can be free through the assent that allows him to adhere to the truth. In our context our
feelings, our opinions, our judgments depend on us. Instead of subscribing to a historical determinism or even to
an Afro-pessimistic defeatism, the African has the duty to use his free will to shape his future by his thoughts.
For, as Descartes argues, it is so obvious that we have a free will, which can give its consent or not give it when
it wants to9
. According to the French philosopher, freedom is not proven, it is experienced through doubt. Such
freedom of conscience is the foundation of knowledge and above all of Africa‟s action.
2. Liberty in Action or Liberation
Liberty in action refers to what Jonas calls “the self-affirmation of being in the end”10
. It implies the
faculty of having ends which augur an infinite deployment of one‟s being with the aim of increasing one‟s vital
or existential potentialities. It is a quest for the domiciliation of reality. It is the ability to make choices to build
one‟s existence. Jean Paul Sartre has a similar conception of existence. For the French existentialist philosopher,
there is no reality except in action; man is nothing else than his project, he exists only insofar as he realises
himself, he is nothing other than the totality of his acts11
. In this posture, Sartrean existentialism refuses any
quietism of despair that admits defeat by historical circumstances. Our success entirely depends on us. And any
7
G.W.F. Hegel, Leçon sur l’histoire de la philosophie, traduction de J. Gibelin, Vrin, Paris, 1954, p.203, « La
liberté de la volonté ne commence que là où la pensée devient pour elle-même libre, où se produit ce qui est
général. »
8
Épictète, « Entretiens », Livre I, chap. XVII, traduction d‟Émile Bréhier et Pierre Aubenque, in Les Stoïciens,
Gallimard, Ed. de la Pléiade, p.849 : « Homme, tu possèdes par nature une volonté qui ne connait ni d‟obstacles
ni contraintes »
9
René Descartes, Principes de la philosophie (1644), 1ère
Partie, Article 37 et 39 Vrin, « il est si évident que nous
avons une volonté libre, qui peut donner son consentement ou ne pas le donner quand bon lui semble.3
10
Hans Jonas, Le principe responsabilité, Traduit de l‟allemand par Jean Griesch, pour la traduction française,
collection « passages », Paris, Éditions du Cerf, troisième édition, 1995, p.159 : « l‟auto-affirmation de l‟être
dans la fin »
11
Jean-Paul Sartre, L’existentialisme est un humanisme (1946), Paris, Éditions Nagel, 1970, p.55, « il n‟y a de
réalité que dans l‟action; (...) l‟homme n‟est rien d‟autre que son projet, il n‟existe que dans la mesure où il se
réalise, il n‟est rien d‟autre que l‟ensemble de ses actes. »
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man who takes refuge behind the excuse of his passions, any man who invents determinism is a man of bad
faith12
. Therefore, in Sartre‟s vision, man is totally free. This freedom is inscribed in his existence and above all
in every circumstance of his life. What is important in this logic is commitment, the possibility of choosing.
Freedom, understood as such, is then at the heart of the foundation of values because my freedom depends
entirely on that of others13
; such freedom, ipso facto, engages responsibility, to which we will return later.
Let us see how „liberty of action‟, situated at the ontological level in Sartre, is put at the service of Njoh-
Mouellé‟s conception of freedom, in order to seek human excellence. Njoh- Mouellé conceives of freedom as
liberation. Freedom is then the permanent effort by which man perpetually rises above himself14
. This freedom
is inscribed in the daily liberating action of man from man. In the African context, Njoh-Mouellé wants to show
that to be free means to get rid of poverty, misery, ignorance, illiteracy, cultural alienation, the taste for Europe,
in short to get out of the state of inferiorising depersonalisation. It is such a state of mind that will lead the
African to creativity, to the ability to conceive knowledge that will enable him to build a universe that ensures
his well-being. The fight against COV1D-19 is an example of Africa‟s self-generation. The multiple internal
therapeutic solutions to combat this pandemic have shown that Africa can empower herself to solve its problems
without Western intervention. Self-generation then takes on its full meaning of liberation. But the freedom thus
briefly perceived is always accompanied by responsibility. That is why Jonas‟ paradigm of the principle of
responsibility is relay very relevant.
III. THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY AND THE FUTURE OF NATURE15
Hans Jonas is convinced that scientific progress, although having beneficial effects, has passed a certain
threshold that jeopardizes the future of the whole of humanity and even the universe. Faced with certain
attitudes such as competition, population growth, the dream of improved living conditions for all and the
exercise of power, Jonas asks himself questions. Technology has reached its peak so that it no longer takes
nature into account, forgetting that it is part of living beings. This is why, even if technology represents a power
that man has come into possession of or whose success he guarantees, Jonas believes that it is potentially
dangerous and nobody asks the question of responsibility. Yet the crisis is real, since anthropocentrism is
exalted to the detriment of cosmocentrism.
In wanting to overcome the philosophical trend of the post-war period, Jonas, who was interested in the
philosophy of nature, found himself defending nature, because he had noticed that nature was losing its mystery
and had become the prey of man. The technology that manipulates nature does not take into account its own
fragility. This threat makes it an object of responsibility, insofar as this ethics of responsibility is an ethics of
respect.
1. Solidarity of Interest with the Organic World
The notion of solidarity here implies that feeling which must be inscribed in the consciousness of the
researcher and the man of science to consider the organic world as a non-negligible part of the ontological
dimension of man. Indeed, man should no longer operate this dissociation between the organic universe and
himself. According to Jonas, the future of humanity is the first obligation of the behaviour of the human
collective in the age of technical civilisation which has become all-powerful modo negativo16
. The truth is that
the future of nature is understood as indispensable.
It is a metaphysical responsibility in and for itself, since man has become dangerous not only for himself,
but for the entire biosphere17
. Hans Jonas unmasked the devastating replacement work done by technology,
which substitutes artefacts for natural data, i.e. artificial tools that destroy the long creative work of nature. This
is why Jonas believes that we must protect the interest of nature, preserve it. He adds that man interest coincides
with that of the rest of life, which is his earthly part in the most sublime sense of the word18
. It is then out of the
12
Ibid.,p.81, « un homme de mauvaise foi ».
13
Ibid., p.83, « dépend entièrement de celle des autres ».
14
Ebénézer Njoh-Mouellé, op.cit., p. 124, « La liberté est l‟effort permanent par lequel l‟homme se hisse
perpétuellement au-dessus de lui-même. »
15
Hans Jonas, op. cit., p.261
16
Ibid., p.261,« L‟avenir de l'humanité est la première obligation du comportement du collectif humain à l‟âge
de la civilisation technique devenue toute puissante modo negativo ».
17
Id.,« L‟homme est devenu dangereux non seulement pour lui-même, mais pour la biosphère entière. »
18
Ibid., p.262,« L'intérêt de l‟homme coïncide avec celui du reste de la vie qui est sa partie terrestre au sens le
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question to place oneself only on the side of man, because the reduction of life to man alone is a shrinking and
even a dehumanisation of man himself19
.
We can understand that in Jonas‟ opinion, the anthropocentric seduction to which science has given itself
over to has succumbed to a temptation which, far from venerating man, rather demeans him. Thus he points out
that nature has a power that opposes the arbitrariness of man. This is why man must understand that solidarity is
necessary to safeguard the future and life. For this to happen, man‟s egocentrism must be overcome.
2. Species Selfishness and its Overall Symbiotic Result
The struggle for existence is the unmistakable relationship between man and nature. Jonas notes that the
choice between man and nature, as it always arises again from each particular case in the struggle for existence,
man undoubtedly always comes first and nature, even once its dignity has been admitted, must give way to him
and his higher dignity.20
In other words, Jonas sees in man‟s aggressive attitude towards nature, this desire for recognition and
domination which makes man selfish in his species. Moreover, human power over the rest of the living world is
a natural right resulting only from its capacity. Jonas makes such an idea obsolete and invites man to a
symbiosis with nature when he declares that the solidarity of destiny between man and nature, a solidarity newly
discovered through danger, also makes us rediscover the autonomous dignity of nature and commands us to
respect its integrity beyond the utilitarian aspect.21
This is about the preservation of life. Jonas clearly observes that in the relationship between species, each
species determines the existence of the others and this is what brings about the balance of life. It is therefore a
question of arriving at an ethic of conservation, of preservation, and not an ethic of progress and perfection. This
means avoiding being the potential destroyer of nature‟s teleological work22
. In this analysis, the effort of
scientific knowledge should be to ensure a principle of conservation of the very life of nature. Hans Jonas
speaks of an ethic of survival that is now incumbent upon us.23
That is to say that what man has made of himself
during millennia of cultural endeavour must be re-examined in the uncertain light of our knowledge. It is a
question of raising the horizon of a decent future life that will offer a chance to the human essence.
IV. FROM THE CRITIQUE OF UTOPIA TO THE ETHICS OF RESPONSIBILITY
1. The Critique of Utopia is the Critique of Technology Pushed to the Extreme
We are dealing here with a critique that is addressed to the eschatological finality that has been given to
technique. If technology is an efficient power in itself that does not contain any utopian dynamics, can we assign
extreme possibilities to it? According Jonas, Utopia as a concrete human being of realised dreams seems to lie in
wait for us with or without such a dream24
. Hans Jonas speaks of utopia to designate what he calls an
anthropological error: that of the conception of the essence of man25
, which has staked all its hope on the future
of technology, which by assigning to it not only progress, but also the key to solving all of man‟s problems. And
yet, the face that technology now takes on gives humanity more fear than hope. Jonas observes that the same is
true of real physical biological conditions26
. This is why Jonas thinks that the criticism of utopia as an extreme
model does not serve so much to refute an error of thought. Its influence is irrelevant. It is from this that he then
specifies that the ethics of responsibility which is today, after several centuries of post-Baconian Promethean
plus sublime de ce mot. »
19
Id.,« Un rétrécissement et même une déshumanisation de l'homme lui-même. »
20
Id.,« Le choix entre l'homme et la nature, tel qu'il se pose toujours à nouveau de chaque cas particulier dans la
lutte pour l'existence, l'homme vient sans doute toujours le premier et la nature, même une fois admise sa dignité
doit lui céder le pas, ainsi qu‟à sa dignité supérieure. »
21
Ibid., p.263,« Nous disons que la solidarité de destin entre l‟homme et la nature, solidarité nouvellement
découverte à travers le danger, nous fait également redécouvrir la dignité autonome de la nature et nous
commande de respecter son intégrité par-delà l "aspect utilitaire. »
22
Ibid., p.266,« Le destructeur potentiel du travail téléologique de la nature. »
23
Ibid., p.267,« une éthique de la survie qui nous incombe à présent. »
24
Ibid.,p.417,« L‟utopie en tant qu‟être humain concret des rêves réalisés semble nous guetter avec ou sans un
tel rêve. »
25
Ibid.,p.412,« Laconception de l‟essence de l‟homme ».
26
Ibid.,p.418,« La même chose vaut pour les conditions réelles, physiques et biologiques. »
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euphoria, owes its galloping progression to that critique of utopia27
. For Jonas, the critique of technology today
calls us to a responsibility towards posterity. Man, from the point of view of the future as well as the past, has
this interest in re-examining his technique for an ethic, by trying to criticise the dream.
2. The Practical Meaning of the Refutation of the Dream
History as a necessary self-movement with its assigned destination, which it is even possible to know and
against which it would be impossible to react, would be just another name, a name that Marxists do not
pronounce. To this effect Hans Jonas states that although elements of what the Marxists say about the socio-
economic dynamic do indeed give this impression; and it is undeniable that we are gradually becoming
prisoners of processes that we ourselves have set in motion28
. This means that man is a victim of the technical
progress that he himself has triggered and that he no longer controls destiny. Today‟s man is faced with
technology like a magician who has made practices and whose harmful effects he can no longer cure. It is this
sterility that we denounce. For today‟s man is lost in a dazzling ocean of technical progress. The waves of this
ocean are beyond his control. Jonas would like to oppose this unpredictable and dreamy attitude with
responsibility. This is why he states that the spirit of responsibility rejects the premature decree of
inevitability29
. Thus Jonas is determined to criticise utopia by emphasising that this criticism is one that aims at
a determinism of history by subtracting necessity from responsibility. Yet, if we consider so many things to be
responsible, it makes a difference to the configuration of our destiny. Whatever its many inevitable components
if we consider a determined perspective in enthusiasm or in apprehension. One example is the technically
unmistakable possibility of increasing automation of work processes, which at the same time makes leisure for
the eliminated man possible and binding. And in this situation, Jonas notes that faith or non-faith in utopia
becomes a real factor, no doubt hardly in favour or against utopia itself30
. Thus the criticism of utopia is posed
as an attempt to rectify more of the thought and the will. This critique is already an act without the ethics of
responsibility itself, which seeks to get out of the technological praxis of unhoped-for hope.
3. The Non-Ethical Utopia of Responsibility
Here, Hans Jonas opposes the principle of responsibility to the principle of hope and not the principle of
fear. Without doubt, fear is as much a part of responsibility as hope, since it has a less attractive face than in
well-meaning circles it enjoys a bad moral and psychological reputation. This is because, according to Jonas, it
is more necessary today than at certain other times, when, trusting in the good workings of human affairs, it
could be despised as a weakness of those who are faint-hearted and those who are coward.31
This is how Jonas
examines fear, hope and responsibility. Hope is a condition of all action, since it presupposes that something is
possible to achieve and that it bets on doing so in the present case.
For the suffering man of action and the one that is pampered by fate, this can be more than a hope of fear
when he states that Fear does not refer to this uncertainty, or at most, as a side effect, and not to let oneself be
outraged by it, on the contrary, to hold oneself responsible in advance even for the unknown.32
Jonas in fact
would like to show that fear, which is essentially part of responsibility, is not that which advises against acting
but that which invites one to act. In fact, the fear that we are aiming at is the fear for the object of
responsibility33
. It is this possibility of fearing something.
27
Id.,« Celle de l‟éthique de la responsabilité qui est aujourd‟hui, après plusieurs siècles d‟euphorie
prométhéenne post baconienne, doit sa progression galopante. »
28
Ibid.,p.419,« Bien que des éléments de ce que les marxistes disent de la dynamique socio-économique donnent
en effet cette impression; et il est indéniable que nous devenons progressivement les prisonniers des processus
que nous avons déclenchés nous- mêmes. »
29
Id.,« L'esprit de la responsabilité rejette le décret prématuré d‟inévitabilité. »
30
Ibid.,p.420,« la foi ou la non foi à l‟utopie devient facteur réel, sans doute difficilement en faveur ou en
défaveur de l'utopie elle-même. »
31
Ibid., pp.420-421,« Elle est aujourd‟hui plus nécessaire qu‟à certains nombres d‟autres époques, où, faisant
confiance à la bonne marche des affaires humaines, on pouvait la mépriser comme une faiblesse de pusillanime
et des craintifs. »
32
Ibid., p.421,« La peur ne se réfère pas à cette incertitude, où tout au plus, comme un effet secondaire, et ne pas
se laisser outrager par elle, au contraire, se tenir responsable par avance même pour l‟inconnu. »
33
Id.,« Cette peur que nous visons est la peur pour l‟objet de la responsabilité. »
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It is at this level that Jonas defines responsibility when he says that Responsibility is the solicitude,
recognised as a duty, of another being that, when its vulnerability is threatened, shows concern.34
Hans Jonas
thus invites us to what he calls a “Heuristic of fear” which detects danger...which not only reveals and exposes
to it the unseen object as such.35
This heuristic leads us to a theory of the ethical makes the representation of
evil. In such a situation, which seems to us to be that of today: "the conscious effort to arrive at a disinterested
fear, in which becomes visible at the same time as the evil, the good which preserves it36
. Jonas then radicalises
his position by making fear an obligation.
V. RESPECT FOR NATURE AND LIFE AS A VESSEL OF RESPONSIBILITY
1. Respect for the Living World
The responsibility stained by nature, that is, the responsibility that exists by nature, is the parental
responsibility. It is irrevocable and cannot be terminated. It is even global as it is opposed to the artificial
responsibility which is the burden or a social function. The one who has the responsibility of levying taxes and
the one who has accepted to be entrusted with this responsibility is responsible for its execution. Thus Jonas
requires this distinction between naturel responsibility and contractual responsibility. Contractual responsibility
is a matter of simple trust and agreement in society because it is conditioned by ends subordinated to that society
whereas naturel responsibility is not conditional. This is why Jonas considers that our responsibility for this
good, whose existence is never guaranteed and which depends entirely on us, is just as unconditional and
irrevocable as any responsibility imposed by nature37
.
In this distinction Hans Jonas shows the contrast between political responsibility and parental
responsibility in the interest of subordinating the notion of responsibility to three concepts, namely: totality,
continuity and the future. This is why he decolonises the supremacy of man over all other living beings when he
states that every living being is its own end which needs no other justification, and from this point of view man
has no advantage over other living beings -except that he alone can also have a responsibility for them, in other
words, to keep their own end38
.
Hans Jonas thus invites man to a desire to recognise this right to other living beings in the same way that
man himself is responsible towards fellow man. According to him, the archetype of responsibility is that of man
towards fellow man39
. Now, he envisages a subject-object kinship in the relationship of responsibility that is
inscribed in the nature of things themselves. This means that there must be reciprocal between the subject and
the object. In this basic paradigm, says Jonas, the connection of responsibility with the living becomes clear in
the most convincing way40
. For Jonas, it is a question of establishing that only the living, in its structure of being
of need and in its threatened character, needs responsibility. In these conditions, responsibility is total and
engages the very totality of being. Indeed, in this sense, a duty is contained very concretely in the being of the
very existing man; his quality as a subject capable of causality as such entails objective obligation in the form of
external responsibility41
.
34
Ibid.,p.422,« La responsabilité est la sollicitude, reconnue comme un devoir, d‟un autre être qui, lorsque sa
vulnérabilité est menacée, se fait du souci. »
35
Id.,« Heuristique de la peur qui dépiste le danger...qui non seulement lui dévoile et lui expose l‟objet inédit
comme tel. »
36
Id.,« l‟effort conscient pour arriver à une crainte désintéressée, dans laquelle devient visible en même temps
que le mal le bien qui en préserve. »
37
Ibid.,p.187,« Or notre responsabilité pour ce bien, dont l‟existence n‟est jamais garantie et qui dépend
intégralement de nous, est tout aussi inconditionnelle et irrévocable que n‟importe qu'elle responsabilité imposée
par la nature. »
38
Ibid.,p. 193,« Tout être vivant est sa propre fin qui n ‟a pas besoin d‟une autre justification, et de ce point de
vue l‟homme n ‟a aucun avantage sur d‟autres vivants- si ce n‟est que lui seul peut également avoir une
responsabilité pour eux aussi, autrement dit celle de garder leur fin propre. »
39
Id.,« L'archétype de toute responsabilité est celle de l'homme envers l‟homme. »
40
Ibid., p. 194,« Dans ce paradigme de base la liaison de la responsabilité avec le vivant devient claire de la
manière la plus convaincante. »
41
Id.,« En ce sens un devoir est contenu très concrètement dans l‟être de l‟homme très existant ; sa qualité de
sujet capable de causalité comme tel entraîne l‟obligation objective sous forme de la responsabilité externe. »
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Man‟s responsibility towards nature then becomes similar to the artist‟s responsibility that the progress of
science, which is the work of man, be at the service of an end favouring the life of everything that calls for vital
interest.
For Jonas, the ethics of the future is the ethics that takes into account future generations and intends to
protect them. The threat posed by technological power, which destroys nature and brings human beings into
disrepute, needs a great return to the future, because the consequences of this technology, if they do not manifest
themselves today, last in time. This is why, in the face of this threat, the ethics of responsibility must be oriented
towards the future. Thus, Jonas believes that the improvement of technological action will have an impact on
future generations, not only on a scientific level, but also on a behavioural level. He therefore does not separate
the ethics of the future from the “good”, because if human beings are aware of the good, they will limit their
technological actions which have destructive tendencies.
2. The Imperative of the Conservation of Life
It is from the principle of life as a whole that Jonas prescribes a new imperative for human action. An
imperative adapted to the new type of human action and which addresses the new type of subject of action
would be stated more or less as follows: Act in such a way that the effects of your action are compatible with the
Permanence of an authentically human life on earth; or to express it negatively: Act so that the effects of your
action are not destructive to the future possibility of such a life42
.
In other words, Hans Jonas wants to invite man to safeguard life on earth. For the current progress of
science is in the process of compromising the survival of life on earth. Jonas avoids the opportunism that
currently characterises scientific knowledge and which consists of knowing for the sake of knowing, or even
falling into an anarchy of knowledge and production, an infinite multiplication of knowledge and wealth that
makes it possible to want the instantaneous good, while compromising the future. For, he writes that one can
want the present good by sacrificing the future good43
. Jonas‟ new imperative affirms precisely that we have the
right to risk our own lives and not those of humanity.
It is a question of building this ethical bridge between our present being and the future. To do this, the
knowledge established in the present will have to be knowledge of foresight and belief in survival on earth. It is
an ethic where man is responsible for his present and his future. What will become of future generations? This
must be the fundamental question that should underlie all ethics today with this ontological connection that
associates all living beings and that commands man not to consider himself as the only living being that reigns
with an iron fist, but as a part of the living that must take into account the other living. It is this ontological
kinship between man and other living beings that is at the heart of Hans Jonas‟ ethical imperative.
3. On the Distinction between Kant’s Ethical Imperative and Jonas’s Imperative
Kant‟s categorical imperative stated: “Act in such a way that you may also wish your maxim to become a
universal law”44
. The expression "thou may" used here is that of reason in agreement with itself, assuming the
existence of a community of human actors, i.e. active reasonable beings, the action must be such that, without
contradicting itself, it can be presented as a universal exercise of this community. Kant‟s moral philosophy, in
this condition, does not make morality real but a logical sequence where one must deduce the power of the will
or the non-power.
Logically, for Jonas this morality leads to the sacrifice of the future for the benefit of the present. Hans
Jonas then reproaches Kant for having neglected the temporal axis in his ethics. He also states that Kant‟s
categorical imperative was addressed to the individual and its criterion was instantaneous45
. That is, he urged
each of us to consider what would happen if the maxim of his act became the principle of universal legislation.
Now, Hans Jonas‟ new imperative invoked another coherence: Not that of the act in accordance with itself, but
that of its ultimate effects in accordance with the survival of human activity46
. This is because the
42
Ibid., p.40,« Agis de façon que les effets de ton action soient compatibles avec la permanence d‟une vie
authentiquement humaine sur terre; ou pour l'exprimer négativement : Agis de façon que les effets de ton action
ne soient pas destructeurs pour la possibilité future d‟une telle vie. »
43
Id.,« Je peux vouloir le bien actuel en sacrifiant le bien futur. »
44
Kant, in Hans Jonas, op.cit., p.39,« Agis de telle sorte que tu puisses également vouloir que ta Maxime
devienne une loi universelle. »
45
Ibid., p.41,« L‟impératif catégorique de Kant s‟adressait à l "individu et son critère étant instantané. »
46
Id.,« Non celle de l‟acte en accord avec lui-même, mais celle de ses effets ultimes en accord avec la survie de
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universalisation envisaged by Jonas is not a simple transfer of the less individual to an imaginary whole without
causal connection with it. On the contrary, the actions subject to Jonas‟s new imperative, namely the actions of
the collective whole, have the universal reference in the effective measure of their efficiency: They totalise
themselves in the progression of their impulse and cannot do otherwise than lead to the configuration of the
universal state of things47
.
Now, this adds to the moral calculus the temporal horizon which is totally absent in the instantaneous
logical operation of the Kantian imperative, whereas the latter extrapolates towards an ever-present order of
abstract compatibility: Our imperative, writes Jonas, extrapolates towards a calculable future which forms the
unfinished dimension of our responsibility48
. Jonas‟s ethics of responsibility is then a perch extended to the
future of humanity based on a heuristic of fear, whose political stakes are inescapable for Africa in a context of
postmodernity.
VI. A POLITICAL STAKES OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR AFRICA
In our context, this ethic of responsibility must serve as an element of prudence for Africa in its quest for
emergence. We must emerge, of course, but with caution. This means that emergence should no longer take the
form of a qualitative leap towards the unknown, uncertain and disproportionate.
The relationship between the biosphere and mankind today poses several difficulties for humanity that go
beyond the national, regional or continental framework. It concerns the entire universe. The Copenhagen
meeting in 2009 is a perfect illustration of this, as the attacks on the planet, particularly climate change, led to
the development of certain alternative strategies aimed at providing solutions commensurate with the problems
posed by the environment.
After presenting the parental model of responsibility, Jonas situates responsibility in political power,
whose primary vocation is to manage the city, i.e. to ensure the best for others. Power, for Jonas, is the
guarantor of the future, in short, the ontological responsibility towards the idea of man49
. This is why the
politician must possess the virtue of wisdom, because only wisdom is likely to help him transcend the dimension
of the present to open up to the future. Moreover, political power is an instance of responsibility for all, as Gros
points out, we are managers, not owners, of our biosphere50
, which means that the environment is a good that
can be used, but not abused. And Dorst adds: we are a superior species; but we are nonetheless, in spite of
everything, subject to a certain number of laws; we are part of a whole. Nature is not only our means of
subsistence or the framework in which man is placed: it is a partner for us51
.
This invitation is therefore to recognise nature as a dense and complex network that we cannot exploit in
any way, because we continue to be part of it. From now on, nature must also be seen as a definite and more or
less finite System of the condition of existence and the future of man. Thus, remembering its role, the African
political power must invest itself to get nature out of the despotic power of man, who considers himself as its
master and possessor, as Descartes pointed out. The new civilisation can only be built on the ethics of
responsibility. Responsibility is the foundation of human thought.
Jonas also turns to collective action, in other words to politics. He thinks that a policy of renunciation is
needed, which must be a wise policy of constructive prevention. He criticises communist politics, which he
considers to be a real utopia, because it considers that scientific and technological progress contributes to the
advent of the new man. He opposes the idea that the true man is yet to come and that the really existing man is
inauthentic.
l‟activité humaine. »
47
Ibid., p.42,« Elles se totalisent elles-mêmes dans la progression de leur impulsion et ne peuvent pas faire
autrement que déboucher sur la configuration de l‟état de choses universelles. »
48
Id.,« Notre impératif, écrit Jonas, s‟extrapole vers un avenir calculable qui forme la dimension inachevée de
notre responsabilité. »
49
Ibid., p.95,« La responsabilité ontologique à l‟égard de l‟idée de l‟homme ».
50
Gros, « nous sommes des gestionnaires et non des propriétaires de notre biosphère ».
51
Dorst, « nous sommes, je le crois, une espèce supérieure; mais nous n‟en sommes pas moins, en dépit de tout,
soumis à un certain nombre de lois ; nous faisons partie d‟un ensemble. La nature n‟est pas seulement notre
moyen de subsistance ou le cadre dans lequel se trouve placé l‟homme : elle représente pour nous un
partenaire. »
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The convocation of the ethics of responsibility then implies a political ecology of nature conservation in
Africa. When one observes the exponential speed with which deforestation is taking place in Central Africa, for
example, the principle of responsibility should be the bedside book of ail politicians. What legacy should we
leave to future generations? Jonas answers that every art of governing bears the responsibility for the possibility
of a future art of governing52
. This means that we must ensure that the art of governing remains possible in the
future, i.e. we must not do anything that could prevent the future emergence of its kind.
This means avoiding the scorched earth policy that is common in Africa, which consists of squandering
all available resources for the benefit of an oligarchy without thinking about future generations. Hans Jonas
invites us to a policy of planning53
. Such a policy is only possible in a state where political plans are planned
over a period of time and not in the randomness of the capitalist System where the market dictates its values
with its prices, according to the law of supply and demand.
The strength of Jonas‟s thinking consists precisely in arguing that human life, specifically in Africa,
cannot have any meaning independently of the preservation of nature and the conditions that make life possible.
Jonas shows how it is the very vulnerability of life and of future generations that calls for man‟s present care.
Because life is presented as a good in itself and its perpetuation depends on the control we have over our
own power of action and technology, it is up to us to be responsible for life, which is always in the future, in the
exact measure that it is defined above all by the possibility that it is54
. We see here that fragility is not that of
human institutions. Let us say rather that vulnerability is that of nature in general, of life in particular. We could
then dare the following formulation: it is because life is the place of indeterminacy and that human life
exacerbates this power of indeterminacy that human action is the most fragile of all modes of being.
It calls for a special responsibility on the part of man to ensure its continuity. Man must exercise ethical
control over his own actions in the very name of this vulnerability of life, which is accentuated in this particular
form of life that is human existence, and which leads to making himself responsible for future generations.
This is why we support, to the credit of the African, a self-generation process based on the Jonas‟
principle of responsibility. This responsibility should take three forms: responsibility towards nature; Aimé
Césaire says that our responsibility is that, to a large extent, the use that our peoples will make of the freedom
they have conquered depends on us55
. It is up to man to give meaning to his existence, i.e. a real content to life.
The responsibility that follows from this is normative, because it has the vocation of founding a “universal
humanism”56
.
VII. CONCLUSION
The question of the self-generation of the African, which arises in the contradiction between the
heterodetermination of Africa by the West and the will of the African to shape his own destiny, should be
solved, in our humble opinion, by the freedom and responsibility of Africans to ensure a true Copernican
revolution; which is done by putting the reality of our existence at the service of African intelligence. Such a
revolution will enable freedom to move in the direction of responsibility towards nature, the responsibility
towards future generations, the responsibility to build our own history in congruence with our African reality.
We must share Edward Blyden‟s Afro-optimism states that Africa can show that she is the spiritual conservatory
of the world. When civilised nations, because of their astonishing material development, have had their spiritual
sense obscured and their spiritual dispositions dulled by the action of a captivating and absorbing materialism,
they may have to turn to Africa57
.
52
Ibid., p. 228, « tout art de gouverner porte la responsabilité de la possibilité d‟un art de gouverner futur ».
53
Ibid., p. 234.
54
Hans Jonas, Le Principe Responsabilité, p.267 ; Mais ce qui importe maintenant ce n‟est pas de perpétuer une
image déterminée de l‟homme, ni de la susciter, mais d‟abord de tenir ouvert l‟horizon de possibilité qui, dans le
cas de l‟homme, est donné avec l‟existence de l‟espèce comme telle [...].
55
Aimé Césaire, « L‟homme de culture et ses responsabilités », in Présence Africaine, N°24/25, février-mars,
1952, p.12, « Notre responsabilité, c‟est que de nous dépend en grande partie l‟utilisation que nos peuples
sauront faire de la liberté conquise. »
56
Edward Blyden, "Christiany, Islam and Négro Race", Edinburgh University Press, 1967, p. 124, in Les
philosophes africains par les textes, Paris, Nathan, 1978, p.27, « un humanisme universel ».
57
Id., « L‟Afrique peut montrer qu‟elle est le conservatoire spirituel du monde. (...) Quand les nations civilisées,
en raison de leur étonnant développement matériel, auront eu leur sens spirituel obscurci et leurs dispositions
spirituelles émoussées sous l‟action d‟un matérialisme captivant et absorbant, il se peut qu‟elles doivent se
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