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Philosophy in a nutshell pt 5: Ubuntu
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Nov 1, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Ubuntu is an African tradition of thought whose ethical orientation is captured in the well-known aphorism “I am, because we are”. But what gets lost when Ubuntu is framed as a philosophical discourse in the Western intellectual tradition? And where do we see its successes and failures in the reconstruction of post-colonial Africa?
Released:
Nov 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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