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Author Gade, Christian B. N., author.

Title A discourse on African philosophy : a new perspective on Ubuntu and transitional justice in South Africa / Christian B.N. Gade ; foreword by Michael Onyebuchi Eze.

Publication Info. Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, An imprint if THe Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2017]

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogue
African philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents African philosophy for change -- Transitional justice in South Africa -- The South African TRC and Ubuntu -- Ethnophilosophy: the myth of shared static ideas -- The diversity and development of Ubuntu ideas -- Ubuntu, history, and politics.
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.
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Subject South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
Transitional justice -- South Africa.
Transitional justice.
South Africa.
Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa.
Reconciliation -- Political aspects.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Gade, Christian B.N. Discourse on African philosophy. Lanham : Lexington Books, 2017 9781498512251 (DLC) 2017002424
ISBN 9781498512268 (electronic book)
1498512267 (electronic book)
9781498512251 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1498512259