Molefe: African Personhood and Applied Ethics

Recently, the salient idea of personhood in the tradition of African philosophy has been objected to on various grounds. Two such objections stand out ñ the book deals with a lot more. The first criticism is that the idea of personhood is patriarchal insofar as it elevates the status of men and marginalises women in society. The second criticism observes that the idea of personhood is characterise...