Ubuntu is homeless
An urban theological reflection
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12856413 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephan De Beer (0000-0002-8614-099X, University of Pretoria, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2015-06-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Verbum et Ecclesia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1609-9982 • E-ISSN: 2074-7705 |
| Publisher | AOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA) |
| DOI | 10.4102/ve.v36i2.1471 |
| OpenAlex | W2107149937 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 7 |
This article is reading ubuntu in the light of homelessness in the cities and towns of South Africa. It suggests that ubuntu itself is homeless and displaced as a way of being human together. Instead of the mediation of dignity and justice through an ubuntu-solidarity, street homeless people and others living vulnerably and in precarious circumstances are violated and excluded through a displacement of ubuntu-values. It also suggests a growing disconnect between the philosophy of ubuntu and its actual embodiment in the local urban political economy, local faith communities and local universities. Acknowledging the aspirational edge of ubuntu, the article then concludes to envision going beyond mere abstractions in the said spheres the political economy, faith communities and local universities in order to seek for concrete expressions of ubuntu-solidarity, asserting and mediating respect, dignity and justice
Dignity · Economic Justice · Environmental ethics · Faith · Mediation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Theology · African cultural and philosophical studies · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development
Core aspects of ubuntu
Seek the shalom of the city
Factors inhibiting control over one’s environment
Reimagining ubuntu and human solidarity in decoloniality
Addressing violence and powerlessness associated with homelessness in Tshwane
A postfoundational ubuntu accepts the unwelcomed (by way of ‘process’ transversality)
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |