Steve Biko
1946–1977
“Black Consciousness — psychological liberation precedes political freedom.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- SRSkeptical Reflex8 / 10
- TVTragic Vision7 / 10
- WPWill to Power7 / 10
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Carol GilliganPILGRIM
In a Different Voice — ethics of care alongside ethics of justice.
- Hilde LindemannFORGE
In Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair, story becomes a moral practice.
- Isabelle StengersPILGRIM
Cosmopolitics — sciences as practices, slow and risky.
- C.L.R. JamesFORGE
The Black Jacobins — slaves who made themselves a republic.
- Catharine MacKinnonFORGE
Her Feminist Theory of the State makes sexual hierarchy the deepest politics.
- Walter RodneyFORGE
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa lays out the political economy of empire.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Steve Biko's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Steve Biko or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPARESteve Biko vs Carol GilliganOn Mull's map Carol Gilligan sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶