Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus

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Autor(a) principal: Favarato, Claudia
Data de Publicação: 2022
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/30381
Resumo: This paper explores the political thought of Guinea-Bissau, focusing on the endogenous notions of community and consensus. The analysis turns on discerning the principles underpinning political power and power relations in the organicist setting. The paper considers the indigenous polity and its underlying tenets, by unveiling the centrality of the past, land (tchon), and kinship (djorson) in conceptualizations of the political community. These determine a polity ruled by participatory politics and “brotherhood consensus” (consenso di irmandade, in local creole). As this notion of “brotherhood” is tightly linked to the foundations of the political community, the Bissau-Guinean polity pins consensual politics to ontology. This ontological basis fosters commitment to engage in and reach consensus. This analysis adds to studies on African political thought and theories of consensual democracy. Moreover, the insights offered, however spatial-specific, exemplify the potential of renewed analysis of notions of the political community in Africa and beyond, enriching the repertoire of political theory research.
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spelling Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and ConsensusGuinea-Bissau; Politics of Consensus; Political Community; Communitarian Polity; RelationalityThis paper explores the political thought of Guinea-Bissau, focusing on the endogenous notions of community and consensus. The analysis turns on discerning the principles underpinning political power and power relations in the organicist setting. The paper considers the indigenous polity and its underlying tenets, by unveiling the centrality of the past, land (tchon), and kinship (djorson) in conceptualizations of the political community. These determine a polity ruled by participatory politics and “brotherhood consensus” (consenso di irmandade, in local creole). As this notion of “brotherhood” is tightly linked to the foundations of the political community, the Bissau-Guinean polity pins consensual politics to ontology. This ontological basis fosters commitment to engage in and reach consensus. This analysis adds to studies on African political thought and theories of consensual democracy. Moreover, the insights offered, however spatial-specific, exemplify the potential of renewed analysis of notions of the political community in Africa and beyond, enriching the repertoire of political theory research.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaFavarato, Claudia2024-03-13T17:56:51Z2022-11-162022-11-16T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/30381engFavarato, C. (2022). Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus. Comparative Political Theory, 2(2), 95-117. https://doi.org/10.1163/26669773-bja1004110.1163/26669773-bja10041metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-17T01:34:11Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/30381Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T04:01:48.056557Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
spellingShingle Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
Favarato, Claudia
Guinea-Bissau; Politics of Consensus; Political Community; Communitarian Polity; Relationality
title_short Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
title_full Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
title_fullStr Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
title_full_unstemmed Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
title_sort Consenso di Irmandade: Reading Bissau-Guinean Political Thought on Community and Consensus
author Favarato, Claudia
author_facet Favarato, Claudia
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Favarato, Claudia
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Guinea-Bissau; Politics of Consensus; Political Community; Communitarian Polity; Relationality
topic Guinea-Bissau; Politics of Consensus; Political Community; Communitarian Polity; Relationality
description This paper explores the political thought of Guinea-Bissau, focusing on the endogenous notions of community and consensus. The analysis turns on discerning the principles underpinning political power and power relations in the organicist setting. The paper considers the indigenous polity and its underlying tenets, by unveiling the centrality of the past, land (tchon), and kinship (djorson) in conceptualizations of the political community. These determine a polity ruled by participatory politics and “brotherhood consensus” (consenso di irmandade, in local creole). As this notion of “brotherhood” is tightly linked to the foundations of the political community, the Bissau-Guinean polity pins consensual politics to ontology. This ontological basis fosters commitment to engage in and reach consensus. This analysis adds to studies on African political thought and theories of consensual democracy. Moreover, the insights offered, however spatial-specific, exemplify the potential of renewed analysis of notions of the political community in Africa and beyond, enriching the repertoire of political theory research.
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