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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOverall, the volume provides provocative insights into Africa's arguably most significant contemporary philosophical trend. . . . Highly recommended.
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction / James Ogude
1. The African Bantu Concept of Ubuntu in the Christian Theology and Praxis of Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and its Implications for Global Justice and Human Rights / Aloo Osotsi Mojola
2. Crafting Ideal Conditions: "Ubuntu" and the Challenges of Modern Society / D. A. Masolo
3. The Art of Personhood: Kinship and Its Social Challenges / Bhekizizwe Peterson
4. The Philosophy of Ubuntu and the Notion of Vital Force / Niels Weidtmann
5. Rethinking Ubuntu / Dirk J. Louw
6. Ubuntu and Oruka's Humanitarian View of Punishment / Oriare Nyarwath
7. Ubuntu and Buen Vivir: A Comparative Approach / Anke Graness
8. Ubuntu and Christianity / Augustine Shutte
9. Ubuntu, Reconciliation in Rwanda and Returning to Personhood through Collective Narrative / Anna-Marie de Beer
10. Utu/Ubuntu and Community Restoration: Narratives of Survivors in Kenya's 2007 Post-election Violence / James Ogude and Unifier Dyer
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