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Ubuntu Strategies

Constructing Spaces of Belonging in Contemporary South African Culture

Hanneke Stuit (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

240 Seiten

2016 | 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-58639-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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).

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.

Erscheinungsdatum	08.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	16 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	Community • Cultural Studies • Hospitality • Literary Studies • South Africa • Ubuntu
ISBN-10	1-137-58639-7 / 1137586397
ISBN-13	978-1-137-58639-1 / 9781137586391
Zustand	Neuware