This second volume of the African Studies Forum Series at the University of South Africa presents a collection of eleven articles written in both English and Afrikaans which cover different aspects of South Africa's political culture. Thus, the focus is on such different features as the Freedom Charter, African political mobilisations in Brakpan in the 1950s and the extra-parliamentary opposition in the mid-1980s, but also on theatre, socio-linguistics (Afrikaans and Xhosa), literature and music. (DÜI-Eng)
Introduction :An invitation to a conversation /John W. de Gruchy --Section 1: On being human --Exploring contours of being human together /Bernard Lategan --Complexity and being human /Paul Cillers --Neurobiological foundations /Mark Solms--A Christian humanist perspective /John W. de Gruchy --Becoming more fully human /Denise Ackermann --Reflections --At this time and in this place /Bobby Godsell --Where I become you /Antjie Krog --Section 2: On humanism --Reflexive humanism /Wolfgang Huber --The spirit of Islamic humanism /Ebrahim Moosa --The 'dark sides' of humanism in South Africa /André du Toit --Science, technology and humanity /George Ellis --Critical issues for a new humanism /Drucilla Cornell,Kenneth Panfilio --New music for a new humanism /Hans Huyssen --Reflections --Indigenous humanism : manifestations of interconnectedness /Antjie Krog --Towards a new humanism in Africa /Njabulo Ndebele --Reflections --Relational humanism /Jan-Hendrik S. Hofmyer --Section 3: On human dignity and rights --Democracy as a community of life /Achille Mbembe --Enough is enough : recovering humane values /Neville Alexander --Humane justice and the challenges of locality /William Schweiker --Constitutional law and human dignity /Laurie Ackermann --Human complicities /Deborah Posel --An African theory of dignity /Thaddeus Metz --Reflections --A dignity enriched humanism /Russel Botman --Human rights in a more humane world /Mary Burton --To lead for humanity /Peter Willis --The conversation : a narrative of the second symposium /Stephen Martin.
