Chielozona Eze

Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Examines the importance of South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy, especially in light of Nelson Mandela's belief that cosmopolitan dreams are not only desirable but a binding duty.

Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu left an enduring legacy of forgiveness, openness, and solidarity in South Africa. This book looks at how the country's historic transition to democracy has not only changed the negative narrative about South Africa but also provided a model for a new form of ethical participation in the world. In addition to Mandela and Tutu, this book considers South African cultural theorists, poets, and novelists such as J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Zakes Mda, Njabulo Ndebele, and Antjie Krog, all of whom have engaged with the struggle to overcome the legacies of apartheid and create a more humane society. Most of these figures share common cultural and moral traits with Mandela and Tutu, the most outstanding of which is their belief in the notion of global citizenship. In engaging the latter concept, this work seeks to answer the following questions: How can we understand being human in a world that is increasingly marked by hatred of others? Can Mandela's vision of his society provide us with a theory of how to live in our globalized world? This wide-ranging volume will appeal to scholars and students of history, African studies, literature, ethics, and international affairs.

CHIELOZONA EZE is Professor of African literature and cultural studies at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Extraordinary Professor of Englishat Stellenbosch University, and a fellow at Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, South Africa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781787444096
• Artikelnr.: 55025569

Autorenporträt

Chielozona Eze

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: New World Order, New Moral Challenges Theorizing the Present:
Sources of the New Moral Self in South Africa Nelson Mandela and Desmond
Tutu as Global Citizens The Violence of History and the Angel of
Forgiveness The Challenges of Cosmopolitan Thinking in a Postapartheid
Society Of Xenophobia and Other Bigotries: Forging Transcultural Visions
Narrating Ubuntu: The Weight of History and the Power of Care Conclusion:
South Africa in Search of a New Humanism Notes Bibliography Index