Communitarian personhood defines identity through community rather than the Cartesian I

Evidence

The foundation of this view is that an individual person’s identity is constituted by her fellows in community. The purpose of this view is mainly stated in contrast to what is assumed to be the standard Western Cartesian location of an individual’s identity in the “I”. The African view contrasts the “I” emphasis, with a collectivist view of the “We” as foundational to the definition of the individual. In African philosophy, this view has come to be known as the communitarian view of personhood, and among its fierce proponents are the theologian John Mbiti (1970) and the philosopher Ifeanyi Menkiti (1984). — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 434

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines communitarian personhood and names its principal proponents Mbiti and Menkiti.
• XREF: Connects to wider personhood debates in African philosophy and to the collectivism-individualism axis. — connects to: “The people” is itself a contested construct, not a fixed subject; Social media does not transmit identity but requires its continuous self-production. — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 1463; Publics form through circulation of texts among strangers rather than shared identity — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 377 (+16 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 434