Solidarity in Ubuntu Philosophy and in Honneth’s Struggle for Recognition: A Contribution to the Resolution of Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Nigeria

Polycarp Okafor

doi:10.17879/41059528956

Solidarity in Ubuntu Philosophy and in Honneth’s Struggle for Recognition: A Contribution to the Resolution of Ethnic and Religious Conflicts in Nigeria

Authors

Polycarp Okafor

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2784-5575

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17879/41059528956

Keywords:

interkulturelle Studie, Konfliktlösung, Solidarität, Ubuntu, Honneth

Synopsis

This book compares solidarity in Ubuntu Philosophy and in Axel Honneth's Struggle for Recognition, and thus offers an intercultural contribution to ethnic and religious conflict resolution in Nigeria.

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https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-41059529335

ISBN
978-3-487-16369-7 (print edition Georg Olms Publishers)
978-3-8405-0280-4 (electronic version)

Paperback, III, 351 pages

Author Biography

Polycarp Okafor

Polycarp Okafor is a Philosopher and theologian. Having studied both philosophy and Theology and having done his Master's degree in Nigeria; proceeded to do his PhD at the Westphalian Wilhelms University, Münster, in the Department- Seminar for Basic Philosophical Questions of Theology (Faculty of Theology). This book is the result of his PhD research on Solidarity in Ubuntu and Honneth Philosophy towards Ethnic and Religious Conflicts Resolution in Nigeria.