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OverviewExamines 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Chielozona EzePublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd Imprint: University of Rochester Press Volume: v. 79 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.466kg ISBN: 9781580469333ISBN 10: 1580469337 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 31 October 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction: 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 IndexReviewsThis book, which reimagines the ethics of living together in a modern world haunted by legacies of colonialism and apartheid, is timely and very significant. Informed by the spirit of humanism and empathetic cosmopolitanism embodied by Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa enjoins all of us not to give up the struggle for a better world in which diversity is never used to create walls and boundaries, justify exclusion, oppression, and exploitation one race by another. --Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, University of South Africa Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa is a noteworthy and refreshing contribution to the theorization of global citizenship. AFRICA BOOK LINK This book, which reimagines the ethics of living together in a modern world haunted by legacies of colonialism and apartheid, is timely and very significant. Informed by the spirit of humanism and empathetic cosmopolitanism embodied by Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu, Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa enjoins all of us not to give up the struggle for a better world in which diversity is never used to create walls and boundaries, justify exclusion, oppression, and exploitation one race by another. --Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, University of South Africa Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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