Inhalt: | "This book examines the relationship between Ubuntu and the idea of personhood. Ubuntu in its broadest sense is rooted in the belief that the full development of personhood comes with shared identity and the idea that an individual's humanity is fostered in a network of relationships: I am because you are; we are because you are. The chapters in this book seek to interrogate this relational quality of personhood embodied in Ubuntu. The book further seeks to examine whether we can talk about relational personhood without running the risk of essentialism. It argues that no human society is possible without a network of relations, which involves, among other elements, communication and interaction between individuals. It is a critical engagement with how Ubuntu shapes those ethical values of connectedness and interdependence within society. The book also asks whether we can find relevance in Ubuntu as an ethical value system, which is likely to mediate our daily activities and the social institutions, which serve communities in post-colonial societies"-- Self-constitution and agency / D. A. Masolo -- Becoming a person : personhood and its preconditions / Anke Graness -- Personhood without Ubuntu / Mpho Tshivhase -- The primacy of the personal / Augustine Shutte -- Mwalimu Julius Nyerere : the power of his moral vision and legacy / Aloo Majola -- The role of South African churches in the revitalisation of Ubuntu values in society / John L.B. Eliastam and Wonke Buqa -- When we know, and refuse to know : J N Makumbi's Kintu as 'an intellectual discussion' / Garnette Oluoch-Olunya -- Antjie Krog's exploration of Ubuntu / Jacomien Van Niekerk -- Religious and indigenous forms of reconciliation : the Ugandan experience / Dominic Dipio -- Revisiting current nursing ethics : can Ubuntu foster an environment for ethics of care? / F.M. Mulaudzi, R.S. Mogale & M.A. Masoga -- Reflections on personhood through the eyes of A.C. Jordan's The wrath of ancestors / James Ogude |
