The Decolonial Mandela

Peace, Justice and the Politics of Life
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-78533-296-8
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 245 g

A significant contribution to the emerging literature on decolonial studies, this concise and forcefully argued volume lays out a groundbreaking interpretation of the “Mandela phenomenon.” Contrary to a neoliberal social model that privileges adversarial criminal justice and a rationalistic approach to war making, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni identifies transformative political justice and a reimagined social order as key features of Nelson Mandela’s legacy. Mandela is understood here as an exemplar of decolonial humanism, one who embodied the idea of survivor’s justice and held up reconciliation and racial harmony as essential for transcending colonial modes of thought.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Sozialismus
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Postkoloniale Geschichte, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction: Mandela Phenomenon as Decolonial Humanism

Chapter 1.Decolonial Theory of Life

Chapter 2. Different Lives in One

Chapter 3. Mandela at Codesa and New Conceptions of Justice

Epilogue: In Search of a Paradigm of Peace

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is the Head of Archie Mafeje Research Institute at the University of South Africa. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Africa Insight and Deputy Editor of the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies. His recent publications include Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity (2013) and Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa: Myths of Decolonization (2013).

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is the Head of Archie Mafeje Research Institute at the University of South Africa. He is the Editor-In-Chief of Africa Insight and Deputy Editor of the International Journal of African Renaissance Studies. His recent publications include Empire, Global Coloniality and African Subjectivity (2013) and Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa: Myths of Decolonization (2013).