| Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa Contributor(s): Eze, Chielozona (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580469337 ISBN-13: 9781580469333 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $104.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Globalization - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 968.06 |
| LCCN: 2018030223 |
| Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (1.09 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |