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| − | |concepts:type=commonterms | + | |concepts:summary=Ubuntu is a radical Afrikan philosophy and cosmology that conceives personhood not as an individual attribute but as a condition realized through moral, spiritual, and communal relationships. It affirms that being human means living in reciprocity, dignity, and accountability within a shared order of justice, care, and restoration. Rooted in ancestral, ecological, and relational ethics, Ubuntu locates humanity within an interdependent web that includes land, ancestors, and the cosmos. It is not a liberal ideal of harmony or interdependence but a decolonial ontology of being that resists domination and reclaims Afrikan epistemologies of balance and liberation. Ubuntu insists that justice and community are inseparable, and that genuine personhood requires restoring right relations disrupted by colonialism, patriarchy, and racial capitalism. As such, it offers both a philosophy of ethical life and a revolutionary framework for rebuilding collective futures grounded in Afrikan cosmological and moral principles. |
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Revision as of 19:15, 21 October 2025
Ubuntu is a radical Afrikan philosophy and cosmology that conceives personhood not as an individual attribute but as a condition realized through moral, spiritual, and communal relationships. It affirms that being human means living in reciprocity, dignity, and accountability within a shared order of justice, care, and restoration. Rooted in ancestral, ecological, and relational ethics, Ubuntu locates humanity within an interdependent web that includes land, ancestors, and the cosmos. It is not a liberal ideal of harmony or interdependence but a decolonial ontology of being that resists domination and reclaims Afrikan epistemologies of balance and liberation. Ubuntu insists that justice and community are inseparable, and that genuine personhood requires restoring right relations disrupted by colonialism, patriarchy, and racial capitalism. As such, it offers both a philosophy of ethical life and a revolutionary framework for rebuilding collective futures grounded in Afrikan cosmological and moral principles.