UID:
almahu_9948144228702882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781787444089 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Rochester studies in African history and the diaspora ; v. 79
Content:
Examines the importance of South Africa's peaceful transition to democracy, especially in light of Nelson Mandela's belief that cosmopolitan dreams are not only desirable but a binding duty.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2019).
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Introduction: New world order, new moral challenges -- Theorizing the present : sources of the new moral self in South Africa -- Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu as global citizens -- The violence of history and the angel of forgiveness -- The challenges of cosmopolitan thinking in a postapartheid society -- Of xenophobia and other bigotries : forging transcultural visions -- Narrating ubuntu : the weight of history and the power of care -- Conclusion: South Africa in search of a new humanism.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781580469333
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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Ethnology
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781787444089/type/BOOK
