WHAT IS NOT UBUNTU:
CRITICISM OF SELF WITHIN UBUNTU PHILOSOPHY
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v10i2.49161Keywords:
Epistemology, Ethic, African philosophy, Ontology, UbuntuAbstract
This paper aims to make an investigation about the concept of Ubuntu, from a critique of the usual disuse that has been occurring in our linguistic field about the meaning of the term. For this, we resort to the discourse scenario of African Philosophy (s) to understand the Epistemological, Ontological and Ethical aspects of Ubuntu, without escaping the reflections of Language. Ubuntu translates into a new concept of humanity that opposes the concept of humanity brought by modernity, such reflection aims to criticize the traditional way that translated Ubuntu, I am because we are, in which we perceive a kind of advance of the "I" about the community. For these approaches, we take up the philosopher Ramose, a prominent theorist about Ubuntu, as a guide for this debate, not resorting to criticism of the author.
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