Together in the world! Postfoundationalism re-discovered in Ubuntu
This article investigates two questions: (1) What is the significance of a typical western philosophical concept like postfoundationalism for the African context? (2) Can Ubuntu be the key or the bridge between two seemingly distant philosophical worlds? I have been involved in two major research pr...
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oai:doaj.org-article:6e01d5907a744dff94953859048ba0702021-11-24T07:50:53ZTogether in the world! Postfoundationalism re-discovered in Ubuntu1609-99822074-770510.4102/ve.v42i2.2300https://doaj.org/article/6e01d5907a744dff94953859048ba0702021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/ve/article/view/2300https://doaj.org/toc/1609-9982https://doaj.org/toc/2074-7705This article investigates two questions: (1) What is the significance of a typical western philosophical concept like postfoundationalism for the African context? (2) Can Ubuntu be the key or the bridge between two seemingly distant philosophical worlds? I have been involved in two major research projects: firstly, the exploration of the postfoundationalist paradigm and the significance of it for practical theology; secondly, a study of Ubuntu and its value for human and social development in Africa. Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article is an ethnographic journey in which I revisit and reflect on those two projects and the link between them. The reflection focuses on four concepts: interdisciplinary practice, colonialism and whiteness, fiction and research, and holism.Julian C. MullerAOSISarticlepostfoundationalismubuntuwestern philosophical conceptafrican contextphilosophical worldsReligion (General)BL1-50AFDEENNLVerbum et Ecclesia , Vol 42, Iss 2, Pp e1-e6 (2021) |
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This article investigates two questions: (1) What is the significance of a typical western philosophical concept like postfoundationalism for the African context? (2) Can Ubuntu be the key or the bridge between two seemingly distant philosophical worlds? I have been involved in two major research projects: firstly, the exploration of the postfoundationalist paradigm and the significance of it for practical theology; secondly, a study of Ubuntu and its value for human and social development in Africa.
Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This article is an ethnographic journey in which I revisit and reflect on those two projects and the link between them. The reflection focuses on four concepts: interdisciplinary practice, colonialism and whiteness, fiction and research, and holism. |
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