Overview

Ubuntu is the African idea of personhood: persons depend on other persons in order to be. This is summarised in the expression: umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu, that is, a person is a person through persons. This edited collection illustrates the power of fictionalised representation in reporting research conducted on Ubuntu in Southern Africa. The chapters insert the concept of Ubuntu within the broad intellectual debate of self and community, to demonstrate its intellectual and philosophical value and theoretical grounding in known practices emanating from the African continent, and indeed how it works to unsettle some of our received notions of the self.

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Author:   Julian Müller ,  John Eliastam ,  Sheila Trahar ,  Emeritus Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.700kg
ISBN:  

9780367666217

ISBN 10:   0367666219
Pages:   132
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Endorsement from Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu List of Contributors Acknowledgements Map of Ubuntuville Part I – Explanation Introduction: the unfolding story 1.Fictionalisation and research. John Eliastam, Julian Müller, Marguerite Müller, Sheila Trahar Part II – The Story 2. Ubuntuville, the view from the cemetery. Julian Müller 3. Unseen. Herman Holtzhausen 4. The quilting group: stitches from the soul. Retha Kruidenier 5. Na bo nga bantu (they too are human) Trevor Ntlhola 6. The outsider. John Eliastam 7. A multicultural community. Wonke Buqa 8. The art of survival: women and violence in Ubuntuville. Molly Manyonganise 9. Politics and conflict in Ubuntuville. Titus Makusi 10. Discovering Ubuntu language. Lieze Meiring 11. Lost Sheila Trahar

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Julian Müller, University of Pretoria, South Africa. John Eliastam, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Sheila Trahar, University of Bristol, UK.

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