Individuality and Community: The Perspective of Classical Indian and African Philosophies

Abstract

In this thesis, I develop a middle position, from Advaita and Yoruba philosophies, that avoids the logical conclusions derived from the binary representations of the individual as a personal self with ontologically prior marks of personhood and the culturally or collectivist construction of the individual. The analysis of the self in Advaita philosophy springs from the Advaitab