THE FUNCTIONALITY OF BEING IN PANTALEON’S OPERATIVE METAPHYSICS VIS-A-VIS THE NIGER DELTA CONCFLICT

African Research Review 6 (1):212-222 (2012)
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Abstract

The area of operative metaphysics speaks of a metaphysical system that does not just exist as an ivory tower apart from people’s experience, but one that could be applied to a concrete historical circumstance. This piece studies the concept of being as understood by Pantaleon Iroegbu, as being qua belongingness. The concept of being qua belongingness lies within the parameters of operative metaphysics. Pantaleon’s concept of being is analysed alongside the situation of crisis in the Niger Delta region, which the researcher believes was born out of the feeling of neglect and marginalization. Placed alongside Pantaleon’s philosophy of belongingness which opines that to be is to belong, this piece proposes that if the Niger Delta people are given a sense of belongingness, the crisis in the region would come under a more genuine control.

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Ikechukwu Anthony, Kanu
TANSIAN UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA

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