Ajume Wingo

Selected Publications

Veil Politics in Liberal Democratic States (Cambridge UP, 2003)

"To Love your Country as your Mother: Patriotism after 9/11,” Theory and Research in Education 5 (2007): 23–39.

“The Joy in Living Together: Towards an Appreciation of Laughter,” Journal of Political Philosophy 18(2006): 186–202.

“African Art and the Aesthetics of Hiding and Revealing,” British Journal of Aesthetics 38, no. 1 (1998): 251–65.

“Fellowship Associations as Foundation for Democracy in Africa,” Companion to African Philosophy, K. Wiredu (ed.), (Blackwell, 2003)

Courses Taught

Civic Education in Liberal Democratic states; African Philosophy: Personhood and Morality; African Political Philosophy: On Freedom and Citizenship; Machiavelli, Freedom and Tyranny; Honors 290C .Veil Politics: Political Symbols, Rituals and Traditions in Liberal Democratic Governance; Patriotism after 9/11 in a Liberal Democracy; Individual and Community

Contact Information

Office: Wheatley 05-007
Phone: 617-287-6542
Email: ajume.wingo@umb.edu; wingo@fas.harvard.edu