Exploring the concept of ubuntu as a liberatory praxis

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ID11420140
AuthorsLeshaba Tony Lechaba (0000-0002-3308-3020, Department of Communication Science, University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume41
Issue1
Pages88-102
Publication date2022-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth African Journal of Philosophy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0258-0136 • E-ISSN: 2073-4867
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02580136.2022.2049482
OpenAlexW4221085556
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

This article explores the notion of ubuntu philosophy as a praxis by employing Enrique Dussel’s philosophy of liberation as a critical lens. I aim to provide a contextual background to the imposed Euro-modernity that necessitates and dictates for a need for a liberatory praxis. I argue that given its anterior nature, ubuntu can be used as a praxis for the marginalised African subjects if authentically enacted to affirm critical consciousness and social transformation. To this end, I will critically analyse the two key maxims of ubuntu, namely “I am because you are”, and “my humanness is dependent on others’ humanity”

Aesthetics · Consciousness · Critical consciousness · Critical theory · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Humanity · Modernity · Political science · Praxis · Sociology · African cultural and philosophical studies · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Philosophy · Political theory and Gramsci

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