Inaugural lecture Prof Andries Baart, North-West University, South Africa

‘Caring for vulnerable people in late modern society: towards the next phase of Ubuntu’. Prestige Lecture as Extraordinary Professor in the field of Ageing and Generational Dynamics on 3 March 2016 at NWU Vaal Triangle Campus, South Africa.

Content of this lecture:

1. The problem: vulnerable people in SA/SSA
2. My expertise: the Theory of Presence and the ethics of care
3. Ubuntu as the underpinning world view of social policy – an analysis
4. Ubuntu and Ethics of Care: mutual strengthening