Meditaciones sobre el reino de lo político : Occidente, África y algunos debates contemporáneos

Some thoughts about the significance of politics (the “political fact” and the “political space”) in the tradition of the Western political philosophy, and its correlates in Africa, are presented in this brief essay. The knowledge and the comprehension of politics from the Western tradition are undoubtedly well-known. Conversely, the research of the political phenomenon in Africa has remained uncovered for a long time both from theory and from Western perspective. The non-separation between the personal and the political dimensions in the African political space, in contrast to the Western political space, will be exposed here, among others considerations, as one key issue for a proper understanding of the African Politics. It is crucial nowadays the rescue of Africa as a continent susceptible of being addressed (studied, comprehended) from the Social Sciences and not from the reification of the paternalistic Humanitarianism or the Folklore of Exotics.