Rakuita, Tuinawi (2017) The notion of 'constellative thinking' in Pacific Thought: Expanding Oceania. Pacific Dynamics: Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 1 (1). pp. 33-45. ISSN 2463-641X
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Abstract
The current paper is a contribution to an ongoing discussion that stemmed from a seminal
paper titled “Our Sea of Islands”, by the late Epeli Hau’ofa, Professor of Pacific Studies at the
University of the South Pacific. The paper aims to further the objectives of “Our Sea of
Islands” by reframing its arguments using the vocabulary of a school of thought that can be
traced from Immanuel Kant to Theodor Adorno, via Hegel. The aim is to see if we, as people
of Oceania, can arrive at a more appropriate articulation of ourselves using the grammar
embedded within Western philosophical discourse. Ultimately the paper aims at reanimating
a renaissance of Oceanic thinking, given “Our Sea of Islands”.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > B Philosophy (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Nawi Rakuita |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2017 03:36 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2017 03:36 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/10142 |
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