38 min
Ubuntu: How a new white identity based on humany will change our relationships and society? Was weiss ich? Ein Podcast über das Weissein
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- Filosofi
This podcast is in English.
The African concept of Ubuntu teaches us that we are only human beings because of our inter-connectedness to other human beings. Our humanity (or human being) is mostly a copy and paste of the general humanity (or human being) of other human beings, we live in communities with. As such, in order to secure and keep secured our own humanity (or human being) we must secure and keep securing the humanity (or human being) of others with who we are in members of communities with.
Ubuntu promotes the philosophy that the attributes we puzzle together to form our own humanity (or human ‘be-ing’) comes from the collective attributes of the communities we form a part of. For example, this means that you can only develop a sense of love if an ethic love is expressed within the community you are a member. Ubuntu as a way of life has the potential to transform how we live together and to change societal structures in relation to race and gender among others.
This podcast is in English because it was most important to us to speak to an expert on the topic of Ubuntu. Rantsho Moraka lives in South Africa and works as a lawyer in Johannesburg. He has teaching and conference experience in race and feminist studies and taught Legal Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. He published on topics of gender, film and social justice and has been thinking extensively about Ubuntu from a theoretical and practical approach.
We discussed the following topics:
- What does the concept of humanity or Ubuntu mean?
- How different would our communities and societies look if we lived by the philosophy of Ubuntu?
- In your opinion, how has racism attacked the humanity of individuals?
- How can white people reconnect with a sense of humanity in this world?
- In the past, we have excluded and oppressed black people and other members of society for different reasons. What can we do now to address these injustices and ensure that all individuals become members of our communities and societies?
This podcast is in English.
The African concept of Ubuntu teaches us that we are only human beings because of our inter-connectedness to other human beings. Our humanity (or human being) is mostly a copy and paste of the general humanity (or human being) of other human beings, we live in communities with. As such, in order to secure and keep secured our own humanity (or human being) we must secure and keep securing the humanity (or human being) of others with who we are in members of communities with.
Ubuntu promotes the philosophy that the attributes we puzzle together to form our own humanity (or human ‘be-ing’) comes from the collective attributes of the communities we form a part of. For example, this means that you can only develop a sense of love if an ethic love is expressed within the community you are a member. Ubuntu as a way of life has the potential to transform how we live together and to change societal structures in relation to race and gender among others.
This podcast is in English because it was most important to us to speak to an expert on the topic of Ubuntu. Rantsho Moraka lives in South Africa and works as a lawyer in Johannesburg. He has teaching and conference experience in race and feminist studies and taught Legal Philosophy at the University of Pretoria. He published on topics of gender, film and social justice and has been thinking extensively about Ubuntu from a theoretical and practical approach.
We discussed the following topics:
- What does the concept of humanity or Ubuntu mean?
- How different would our communities and societies look if we lived by the philosophy of Ubuntu?
- In your opinion, how has racism attacked the humanity of individuals?
- How can white people reconnect with a sense of humanity in this world?
- In the past, we have excluded and oppressed black people and other members of society for different reasons. What can we do now to address these injustices and ensure that all individuals become members of our communities and societies?
38 min