Open AccessA Critical Review of Leonhard Praeg’s A Report on Ubuntu
Author(s) -
Reginald M.J. Oduor
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
africa thought and practice/thought and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2076-7714
pISSN - 0251-043X
DOI - 10.4314/tp.v6i2.6
Subject(s) - communitarianism , hegemony , liberalism , sociology , key (lock) , presentation (obstetrics) , philosophy , political science , epistemology , law , politics , ecology , medicine , radiology , biology
This article opines that in view of its detailed presentation of the contemporary discourse on Ubuntu, its incisive analysis of key concepts in this discourse, as well as its bold and thoroughgoing critique of the assumptions of both the advocates of Ubuntu and the defenders of the hegemonic Western liberal tradition, Leonhard Praeg’s seminal work, A Report on Ubuntu, is an outstanding contribution not only to the Southern African discourse on Ubuntu, but also to the ongoing quest for methodology in African philosophy as a whole. Key Words Ubuntu, communitarianism, liberalism, Apartheid, South Africa