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

This book explores the influence of ubuntu on South Africa's post-apartheid transitional justice mechanism, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and-in contrast to ethnophilosophy-takes differences, historical developments, and social contexts seriously.

List of contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. African Philosophy for Change
3. Transitional Justice in South Africa
4. The South African TRC and Ubuntu
5. Ethnophilosophy: The Myth of Shared Static Ideas
6. The Diversity and Development of Ubuntu Ideas
7. Ubuntu, History, and Politics
8. Postscript
Bibliography

About the author

By Christian B. N. Gade - Foreword by Michael Onyebuchi Eze

Summary

This book explores the influence of ubuntu on South Africa’s post-apartheid transitional justice mechanism, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and—in contrast to ethnophilosophy—takes differences, historical developments, and social contexts seriously.

Product details

• Authors: Christian B Gade, Christian B. Gade, Christian B. N. Gade
• Assisted by: Eze Michael Onyebuchi (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781498512251
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1225-1
• No. of pages: 120
• Series: African Philosophy: Critical P; African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue; African Philosophy: Critical Perspectives and Global Dialogue
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Republic of South Africa, Western philosophy from c 1800, Social and cultural anthropology, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law