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.
Table of 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.
About the author
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).
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