{"product_id":"9781869142650","title":"Ubuntu: Curating the Archive","description":"In South Africa, Ubuntu is the term for a kind of humanist philosophy, ethic, or ideology. This book contextualizes the discourse on Ubuntu within the wider historical framework of postcolonial attempts to rearticulate African humanism as a substantial philosophy and emancipatory ideology. As such, the emergence of Ubuntu as a postcolonial philosophy is posited as both a function of and a critical response to Western modernity. The central question addressed is: Was Ubuntu's emancipatory potential confined to and perhaps exhausted by South Africa's transition to democracy, or does the notion of a 'shared humanity' as theorized in Ubuntu discourse still have relevance for South Africans' urgent need to imagine the country's post-nationalist and post-neoliberal future? The contributions in the book address this question from the perspective of a wide range of disciplines, including political philosophy, African history, gender studies, philosophy of law, and cultural studies. (Series: Thinking Africa) [Subject: African Studies, Political Philosophy, History, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies]","brand":"University of Kwazulu Natal Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033004032240,"sku":"9781869142650","price":22.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781869142650_p0.jpg?v=1763601909","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781869142650","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}