Ubuntu Strategies 2016
Constructing Spaces of Belonging in Contemporary South African Culture
Published on 30. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
234 pages
978-1-349-92823-1 (ISBN)
Description
Hanneke Stuit delves into Ubuntu's relevance both in South Africa and in Western contexts, analyzing the political and ethical ramifications of the term's uses in different media including literature, cartoons, journalistic fiction, commercials, commodities, photography, and political manifestos in contemporary South African culture.
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Edition
2016 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
16 farbige Abbildungen
16 colour illustrations, biography
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 148 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-92823-1 (9781349928231)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-58009-2
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Hanneke Stuit
Ubuntu Strategies
Constructing Spaces of Belonging in Contemporary South African Culture
Book
09/2016
Palgrave MacMillan
€106.99
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Person
Hanneke Stuit is Assistant Professor of Literary and Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Researcher at the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA).
Content
Introduction Ubuntu Unchained: A Travelling Concept.- 1 Ubuntu and Common Humanity in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission.- 2 Ubuntu in Transit: From Divisive Pasts to Open Futures.- 3 Facing Others: Towards an Ethics of Ubuntu.- 4 "The Ubuntu Strategy":The Commodification and Affective Politics of Ubuntu.- Afterword: Ubuntu Security.