Ubuntu Strategies
Constructing Spaces of Belonging in Contemporary South African Culture
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2016
IX, 240 pages
978-1-137-58009-2 (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.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a brilliant testimony to the fact that Ubuntu discourse is finally emerging from the long, dark and, often, sentimental discourse of African nationalism. Drawing on a wide range of cultural strategies in contemporary South Africa including novels, photography, poetry, and advertising, this original, unconventional and erudite, not to mention beautifully written, analysis will no doubt be welcomed by scholars who work in African and continental philosophy, LGBTI studies, literature and culture studies." (Dr. Leonhard Praeg, author of "A Report on Ubuntu")"Hanneke Stuit conducts an innovative and conceptually bracing analysis of Ubuntu by way of detailed attention to diverse materializations of the South African politico-cultural scene. In her close readings of literary texts, cartoons, commercials, photographs, fashion accessories-and testimonies from the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission-Stuit offers an inventive and thought-provoking contribution to theories and philosophies emerging from a South Africa in political transition." (Prof. dr. Carrol Clarkson, author of "Countervoices and Drawing the Line")
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan US
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
IX, 240 p. 16 illus. in color.
File size
2,75 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-58009-2 (9781137580092)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-58009-2
Schweitzer Classification
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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.
