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

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Description 1 online resource
Series African philosophy: critical perspectives and global dialogue
African philosophy (Lanham, Md.)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 10, 2017)
Subject South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
SUBJECT South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission fast
Subject Ubuntu (Philosophy)
Transitional justice -- South Africa
Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
Reconciliation -- Political aspects
Transitional justice
Ubuntu (Philosophy)
South Africa
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017008465
ISBN 9781498512268
1498512267