Can Iqaba Possess Ontological Legitimacy?

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Critical Philosophy of Race Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI:10.5325/critphilrace.11.2.0378

S. Kumalo

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Abstract

Abstract:In this article I think through the recognition of the “ontological legitimacy” of iqaba—a concept that is found in South Africa, owing to the ontological split among Blackness/Indigeneity that was promulgated by colonial incursion. I do so using the question: “How will black people, long accustomed to dispossession and deprivation, adjust to a new condition of not being racial victims,” which was initially posed by Zoë Wicomb in the early 1990s. It is a question inspired by the end of apartheid and the looming promise of democracy. I juxtapose this question with a close reading of Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi’s “Intshayelelo: Imbali.” Simply, the thesis of this article holds that iqaba possesses ontological legitimacy, iff [sic] they take heed of the instructions outlined in Mqhayi’s propositions of the importance of historical self-knowledge. Moreover, ontological legitimacy and an inclusive national identity are two sides of the same coin of recognition.

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Iqaba是否具有本体论的合法性？

摘要：在这篇文章中，我通过对iqaba“本体论合法性”的承认来思考——这是一个在南非发现的概念，因为殖民入侵导致了黑人/愤怒之间的本体论分裂。我这样做是用这样一个问题：“长期习惯于剥夺和剥夺权利的黑人将如何适应不成为种族受害者的新条件”，这一问题最初由佐伊·维科姆在20世纪90年代初提出。这是一个受到种族隔离结束和即将到来的民主前景启发的问题。我将这个问题与塞缪尔·爱德华·克鲁恩·姆克海伊的《Intshayello:Imbali》相提并论。简单地说，这篇文章的论点认为，如果他们注意到姆克海依关于历史自我认识重要性的命题中概述的指示，iqaba就具有本体论的合法性。此外，本体论的合法性和包容性的民族认同是同一枚承认硬币的两面。

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Critical Philosophy of Race ETHNIC STUDIES-

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期刊介绍： The critical philosophy of race consists in the philosophical examination of issues raised by the concept of race, the practices and mechanisms of racialization, and the persistence of various forms of racism across the world. Critical philosophy of race is a critical enterprise in three respects: it opposes racism in all its forms; it rejects the pseudosciences of old-fashioned biological racialism; and it denies that anti-racism and anti-racialism summarily eliminate race as a meaningful category of analysis. Critical philosophy of race is a philosophical enterprise because of its engagement with traditional philosophical questions and in its readiness to engage critically some of the traditional answers.