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Ubuntu: Curating the Archive (Thinking Africa)
Praeg & Magadla
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Description for Ubuntu: Curating the Archive (Thinking Africa)
Paperback. This collection of essays contextualises the discourse on Ubuntu within the wider historical framework of postcolonial attempts to re-articulate African humanism as a substantial philosophy and emancipatory ideology. The contributions in this volume address this question from the perspective of a wide range of disciplines. Editor(s): Praeg, Leonhard; Magadla, Siphokazi. Series: Thinking Africa Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HBJH; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
In South Africa, Ubuntu is the term for a kind of humanist philosophy, ethic, or ideology. This book contextualizes the discourse on Ubuntu within the wider historical framework of postcolonial attempts to rearticulate African humanism as a substantial philosophy and emancipatory ideology. As such, the emergence of Ubuntu as a postcolonial philosophy is posited as both a function of and a critical response to Western modernity. The central question addressed is: Was Ubuntu's emancipatory potential confined to and perhaps exhausted by South Africa's transition to democracy, or does the notion of a 'shared humanity' as theorized in Ubuntu discourse still ... Read more
In South Africa, Ubuntu is the term for a kind of humanist philosophy, ethic, or ideology. This book contextualizes the discourse on Ubuntu within the wider historical framework of postcolonial attempts to rearticulate African humanism as a substantial philosophy and emancipatory ideology. As such, the emergence of Ubuntu as a postcolonial philosophy is posited as both a function of and a critical response to Western modernity. The central question addressed is: Was Ubuntu's emancipatory potential confined to and perhaps exhausted by South Africa's transition to democracy, or does the notion of a 'shared humanity' as theorized in Ubuntu discourse still ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
Series
Thinking Africa Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
ISBN
9781869142650
SKU
V9781869142650
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About Praeg & Magadla
Leonhard Praeg is associate professor in the Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Siphokazi Magadla is a lecturer in the Department of Political and International Studies, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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