Ubuntu and Defining Community in America: A 21st Century Viewpoint

Anthropology of Consciousness 28 (2):178-186 (2017)
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The Southern African concept of Ubuntu offers a promising framework for envisioning and promoting a level of interdependence and resilience that can help Americans overcome the divisive and hostile nature of public interactions in communities across the country.

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10.1111/anoc.12079

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