A Discourse on African Philosophy: A New Perspective on Ubuntu and Transitional Justice in South Africa - Couverture rigide

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Gade, Christian B. N.

 
9781498512251: A Discourse on African Philosophy: A New Perspective on Ubuntu and Transitional Justice in South Africa
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ISBN 10 : 1498512259 ISBN 13 : 9781498512251
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2017

Synopsis

Many have argued that ubuntu was a formative influence on the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), South Africa's famous transitional justice mechanism. A Discourse on African Philosophy: A New Perspective on Ubuntu and Transitional Justice in South Africa challenges and contextualizes this view in a way that not only provides new findings and reflections on ubuntu and the TRC, but also contributes to the field of African philosophy. One of Christian B. N. Gade's key findings, founded on qualitative interviews in South Africa, is that some former TRC commissioners and committee members question the importance of ubuntu in the TRC process. Another is that there are several differing and historically developing interpretations of ubuntu, some of which have evident political implications and reflect non-factual and creative uses of history. Thus ubuntu is not a shared cultural heritage, in the ethnophilosophical sense of a static property characterizing a group. In fact, throughout this book Gade argues that the ethnophilosophical approach to African philosophy as a static group property is highly problematic. Gade's research presents an alternative collective discourse on African philosophy ("collective" in the sense that it does not focus on any single individual in particular) that takes differences, historical developments, and social contexts seriously.

This book will be of interest to scholars in African philosophy, transitional justice, politics and cultural heritage, and law in South Africa.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christian B. N. Gade is assistant professor of human security at Aarhus University.

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Éditeur
Lexington Books
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1498512259
ISBN 13 
9781498512251
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
120
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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9781498512275: A Discourse on African Philosophy: A New Perspective on Ubuntu and Transitional Justice in South Africa

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ISBN 10 :  1498512275 ISBN 13 :  9781498512275
Editeur : Lexington Books, 2020
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