非洲时间的多元存在模式——姆比提时间观批判

IF 0.7 4区社会学 Q3 ETHNIC STUDIES

Journal of Black Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI:10.1177/00219347221103607

N. U. Ukwamedua

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摘要

时间的概念与人的存在是一致的，与人的努力是一致的。这是基于这样一个事实，即它设定并决定了人类的节奏。人们对现实的理解不同，这包括他们对时间的概念。这一前提为姆比提在非洲的时间提供了依据。姆比提在提交的材料中认为，非洲人对时间的“未来”一无所知。本文所关注的是对姆比提重申非洲正确时间模式的立场的批判性回应。本文运用批判性分析模型考察了姆比提的立场，发现姆比提立场是狭隘的、站不住脚的。然后，本文认为非洲的时间是多色彩的、整体的和存在主义的。非洲人“生活在时间里”，如果未来是非洲人生活和世界的一部分，那么就非洲的时间而言，未来是存在的。

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Polychronous and Existential Mode of Time in Africa: A Critique of Mbiti’s Concept of Time

The concept of time is coeval with man’s existence and coterminous with his endeavors. This is predicated on the fact that it sets and dictates the pace for man. People appreciate reality differently and this includes their concept of time. This premise informed Mbiti’s idea of time in Africa. Mbiti in his submission posited that Africans have no idea of the “future” in time. A critical response to this position of Mbiti toward a restatement of the proper model of time in Africa is what this paper is concerned with. The paper employed the critical-analytic model to examine Mbiti’s position and it was obvious that Mbiti’s position was parochial and untenable. This paper then argued that time in African is rather polychromous, holistic, and existential. Africans “live in time” and if the future is part of the African life and world, then there is a future as far as time in Africa is concerned.

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Journal of Black Studies Multiple-

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