Samenvatting
At the 1955 Bandung Conference representatives of 29 independent Asian and African countries discussed matters ranging from national unity, decolonization, economic development and their role in international policy. The ten-point declaration of the conference, the so-called ‘Spirit of Bandung’, included the principles of nationhood for the future of the newly independent nations and their interrelations.
After the Bandung Conference, most ‘non-aligned’ Asian and African countries opted for philosophies of national unity to guarantee peace and stability. 68 years after the Bandung Conference, experts from Africa, Asia and Europe address the following two questions in this book: What philosophy, secular or religious, succeeds or succeeded in promoting peace and stability? Are there comparable philosophies of national unity from other countries?