Managing Vulnerability : South Africa's Struggle for a Democratic Rhetoric /

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In Managing Vulnerability, Richard C. Marback analyzes the tension surrounding the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa through a rhetorical lens. Marback studies the heart of South Africa's desire for reconciliation and contends that this goal could be achieved only through t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marback, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013.
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso > Political and social views.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918- > Political and social views.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013 > Political and social views.
Rhetoric > Political aspects.
Reconciliation.
Post-apartheid era.
Political and social views.
Democratization.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
Ère post-apartheid > Afrique du Sud.
Democratisation > Afrique du Sud.
Discours politique > Afrique du Sud.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa.
Democratization > South Africa.
Expression > Political aspects > South Africa.
Rhetoric > Political aspects > South Africa.
South Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Managing Vulnerability, Richard C. Marback analyzes the tension surrounding the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa through a rhetorical lens. Marback studies the heart of South Africa's desire for reconciliation and contends that this goal could be achieved only through the creation of a language of vulnerability in which former enemies become open to the influence of each other, to the constraints of their respective circumstances, and to the prospects of a shared future. Through a series of informative case studies, Marback illustrates how the cultivation of openness and the management of vulnerability take shape through the circulation of artifacts, symbols, and texts that give empowering expression to virtues of connectedness over the temptations of individual autonomy. Marback discusses the construction and impact of the narrative tours of Robben Island, the silencing of Robert Sobukwe, the debates over a proposed Freedom Monument, a brief gesture of ubuntu from Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela to Eugene de Kock, and the transformation of the title character in the film adaptation of the 1980 novel Tsotsi. Ultimately, Marback contends, finding a means to manage vulnerability is both the immediate success of and the ongoing challenge to South African democracy and is indicative of the nature of rhetoric in democracies in general and in contemporary civic life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (152 pages).
ISBN:9781611171891

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