Africa Through Structuration Theory : Outline of the FS (Fear and Self-scrutiny) Methodology of Ubuntu.

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Author / Creator:Mboyo, Elonga.
Imprint:Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, 2016.
Description:1 online resource (237 pages)
Language:English
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995676485X
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Summary:Despite all the talk about African Renaissance, much of the continent is plagued by poverty and instability. To break out of that cycle, the guardians of African heritage (the old independence freedom fighters turned political leaders and their successors) and much of Afrocentric literature rightly promotes African ideas and solutions for African problems. While the idea in itself is noble, the danger is for Africa to close itself off and ignore 'outside' technical and intellectual innovations that it desperately needs to advance further. Africa through Structuration Theory - ntu joins the discourse by attempting to restore intellectual freedom and convincingly defends structuration theory not only as the way forward for Africa but also as a legitimately African concept. It is innovative, refreshing and deserves to be heard across the world and appreciated especially by African graduates, current and future leaders of various African institutions or businesses, non-Africans who might hesitate to refer to such a theory when trying to understand and deal with African problems and the wider public who constitute the audience for this book. New in this edition: All chapters have been tightened up to make a clearer and more robust case. Chapter three, in particular, has been developed further in an attempt to demonstrate how Ubuntu is an African version of structuration theory. Overall, having both approached the subject from a rational perspective and presented Ubuntu in its preferred version, it became imperative to discuss the status/role of the African body in the expression of human agency and characterise different leadership practices in Africa that do not necessarily reflect the ideals of Ubuntu. Hence, Chapter 6: Body sociology and Africa and Chapter 7: The FS (fear and self-scrutiny) methodology of Ubuntu: a mapping of the field.
Other form:Print version: Mboyo, Elonga. Africa Through Structuration Theory : Outline of the FS (Fear and Self-scrutiny) Methodology of Ubuntu. Oxford : Langaa RPCIG, ©2016 9789956763801

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505 0 |a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Acknowledgement; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Préface; Chapter 1 -- 'African-Centred leadership' and the theory of structuration: a response to Obiakor; Abstract; Introduction; Why Obiakor matters and what he says: a summary; Obiakor and the African-centred education for African centred leadership: a review; Giddens' theory of structuration; A new perspective for Africa using Giddens' structuration theory; Conclusion; Chapter 2 -- Structure and agency: (an issue of trust?); Abstract; Introduction; Structure; Agency; Trust: the go between. 
505 8 |a Crisis of trust?Duality of structures; Conclusion; Chapter 3 -- Duality of structures: a (not THE) methodology; Abstract; Introduction; Ontology; Epistemology; Methodology; Ethical issues and dilemmas; Chapter 4 -- Double de-contextualisation: a methodological myth or reality?; Abstract; Introduction; Defining the term (s) of reference and rationale; When (double) de-contextualisation is most common; Knowledge and context: between durability and complexity/temporality; 'Double de-contextualisation': a positioning; Conclusion. 
505 8 |a Chapter 5 -- Higher education in the DRC and Sub-Saharan Africa: duality of structures in actionAbstract; Introduction; DRC universities and their problems; Rethinking current understanding of "Successful" or"world-class" universities; Official expectations of universities/higher education in the DRC; Analysis; Proposed framework; Conclusion; Chapter 6 -- Body sociology and Africa; Introduction; Insight into the body sociology: a snapshot of the wider literature; Insight into the body sociology: African/Afrocentric literature; Reframing African body sociology: a preliminary exercise; Conclusion. 
505 8 |a Chapter 7 -- The FS (Fear and Self-Scrutiny) methodology of Ubuntu: a mapping of the fieldIntroduction; A brief mapping of the field; Terms of reference; Tribe (alism) and Ethics; What is movement like within the FS model?; Conclusion; References; Index; Back cover. 
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