Question
This politician cited the writings of Anton Wilhelm Amo, who was from the same ethnic group, to argue that idealism is “enmeshed in contradictions” and suffers from a “God-complex.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this politician and thinker who developed, and sometimes names, a scientific socialist philosophy called Consciencism (“conscience-ism”).
ANSWER: Kwame Nkrumah (“en-KROO-mah”) [or Francis Kwame Nkrumah; accept Nkrumaism]
[10m] Nkrumah described Consciencism as a “Philosophy and Ideology for” this process, whose “conceptual” form was coined by Kwasi Wiredu. An essay titled for this process advocates the Kikuyu language and calls English a “cultural bomb.”
ANSWER: decolonization [or word forms like decolonizing; accept Decolonising the Mind (by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o)]
[10e] Nkrumah described Consciencism as drawing on African roots of targeting this broad status, which he contrasted with oligarchy. Advocates of this status debate whether it should be “of outcome” or “of opportunity.”
ANSWER: equality [accept egalitarianism]
<TM, Philosophy>
Summary
| California | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 67% | 100% | 33% |
| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 18.00 | 80% | 80% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| North | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 67% | 67% | 0% |
| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| South Central | 2025-02-01 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Southeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 78% | 78% | 11% |
| Upstate NY | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 33% | 100% | 0% |
Data
| Binghamton A | ESF A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell D | Cornell C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| RIT A | RIT B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |