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Author Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J.

Title The Decolonial Mandela : Peace, Justice and the Politics of Life
Published New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (186 pages)
Contents The Decolonial Mandela; The Decolonial Mandela -- Peace, Justice and the Politics of Life -- Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction -- The Mandela Phenomenon as Decolonial Humanism; One -- Decolonial Theory of Life; Two -- Mandela: Different Lives in One; Three -- Mandela at Codesa, and New Conceptions of Justice; Epilogue -- In Search of a Paradigm of Peace; References; Index
Summary 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
Analysis History: 20th Century to Present
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-154) and index
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Subject Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 -- Influence
SUBJECT Mandela, Nelson, 1918-2013 fast
Subject Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- History
Postcolonialism -- South Africa
Humanism -- South Africa
HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General.
HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
Anti-apartheid movements
Humanism
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Politics and government
Postcolonialism
SUBJECT South Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125486
Subject South Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781785331190
1785331191
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9781785332968
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