The decolonial Mandela
Subtitle: peace, justice and the politics of life
By: Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781785331183; 9781785331190
Subjects: Politics and government; Anti-apartheid movements; Influence; Postcolonialism; Humanism; History
Description: 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.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Mandela phenomenon as decolonial humanism; title: Decolonial theory of life; title: Mandela : different lives in one; title: Mandela at Codesa and new conceptions of justice; title: Epilogue: in search of a paradigm of peace.