हेनरी ओडेरा ओरुका
पारंपरिक अफ़्रीकी समुदायों के अपने आलोचनात्मक चिंतक हैं, प्रज्ञावान व्यक्ति जिनके चिंतन वास्तविक दर्शन हैं, मात्र साझा लोक-कथा नहीं।
पृष्ठभूमि
“प्रज्ञ-दर्शन” (sage philosophy) के केन्याई दार्शनिक: ग्रामीण प्रज्ञ-जनों के साक्षात्कार पारंपरिक अफ़्रीकी समुदायों में आलोचनात्मक, वैयक्तिक चिंतन दिखाते हैं – न सामूहिक नृजाति-दर्शन, न आयातित अकादमिक चिंतन।
मुख्य विचार
- प्रज्ञ-दर्शन
- अफ़्रीकी दर्शन की चार धाराएँ
- नृजाति-दर्शन की आलोचना
प्रभाव
जिनसे प्रभावित 1
जूलियस न्येरेरे
जिनसे प्रभावित विवादित
Odera Oruka counted Nyerere’s ujamaa in the ‘nationalist-ideological’ trend of African philosophy (‘Four Trends in Current African Philosophy’, 1981); whether Nyerere shaped his sage philosophy is uncertain. H. Odera Oruka, “Four Trends in Current African Philosophy”, in A. Diemer (ed.), Philosophy in the Present Situation of Africa (1981); Sage Philosophy (1990); J. K. Nyerere, Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism (1968)
साक्ष्य: AI मसौदा
जूलियस न्येरेरे › 1922–1999
आलोचना
जिनकी आलोचना की 3
प्लासिड तेंपेल्स
जिनकी आलोचना की
Odera Oruka took Tempels’ Bantu Philosophy as the model of ethnophilosophy, a communal worldview presented as philosophy, unlike the critical thought of individual sages (Sage Philosophy, 1990). H. Odera Oruka, “Four Trends in Current African Philosophy” (1978; publ. 1981); Sage Philosophy (1990), introduction
साक्ष्य: AI मसौदा
प्लासिड तेंपेल्स › 1906–1977
जॉन एस. म्बिटी
जिनकी आलोचना की
Odera Oruka placed Mbiti’s African Religions and Philosophy (1969) under ‘ethnophilosophy’, a description of collective beliefs rather than critical reflection by individual thinkers. H. Odera Oruka, “Four Trends in Current African Philosophy” (1978; publ. 1981); Sage Philosophy (1990), introduction
साक्ष्य: AI मसौदा
जॉन एस. म्बिटी › 1931–2019
पॉलिन हौंतोंजी
जिनकी आलोचना की
Against Hountondji’s tie between philosophy and writing, Odera Oruka held that sages in oral cultures reflect critically as individuals: ‘philosophic sagacity’ (Sage Philosophy, 1990). H. Odera Oruka, “Sagacity in African Philosophy”, International Philosophical Quarterly 23 (1983); Sage Philosophy (1990), introduction
साक्ष्य: AI मसौदा
पॉलिन हौंतोंजी › 1942–2024
कृतियाँ
- 1990प्रज्ञ-दर्शन
केन्याई प्रज्ञ-जनों से बातचीत जो पारंपरिक समुदायों के भीतर वैयक्तिक आलोचनात्मक विचारकों को दर्ज करती है।
मत
Odera Oruka distinguished four trends in African philosophy: ethnophilosophy, philosophic sagacity, nationalist-ideological philosophy and professional philosophy; he later added two more. Against the claim that traditional Africa knew only a collective, unanimous worldview, he recorded conversations with Kenyan sages who had little or no schooling. Some were folk sages, voicing shared wisdom; others were philosophic sages, who examined that wisdom critically and argued for their own views. This showed individual, rational reflection within oral cultures. Critics asked how far the sages’ answers were shaped by the academic interviewer. He also wrote on punishment, liberty, the right to a minimum of material welfare and environmental ethics.
जीवन और संदर्भ
Henry Odera Oruka was born in Kenya in 1944. He studied in Sweden at Uppsala and in the United States at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he earned his doctorate. From around 1970 he taught at the University of Nairobi, where he long led the department of philosophy and in the mid-1970s began his sage philosophy project. He died in Nairobi in 1995 after being struck by a car.
अन्य प्रमुख कृतियाँ
- Punishment and Terrorism in Africa (1976)
- Sage Philosophy (1990)
- The Philosophy of Liberty (1991)
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