Law and Revolution in South Africa

uBuntu, Dignity, and the Struggle for Constitutional Transformation

By: Drucilla Cornell

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Hardcover | 3 April 2014

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The relation between law and revolution is one of the most pressing questions of our time. As one country after another has faced the challenge that comes with the revolutionary overthrow of past dictatorships, how one reconstructs a new government is a burning issue.
South Africa, after a long and bloody armed struggle and a series of militant uprisings, negotiated a settlement for a new government and remains an important example of what a substantive revolution might look like. The essays collected in this book address both the broader question of law and revolution and some of the specific issues of transformation in South Africa.

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"This book is a rare one-the reflections on philosophy, law, and political theory are profound and moving. Rather than reproduce the multiple stages of debate surrounding transitional justice reconciliation vs. forgiveness, memory vs. forgetting the author shifts the question toward what she calls 'substantive revolution.' This marks an advance in discussions of reconciliation and political life after massive, sustained spasms of violence. When one adds to that a significant dose of philosophy and critical theory- from Heidegger through contemporary political philosophers- the book takes on a new thread in theorizing transition and gives it real complexity. Substantive revolution is deepened by critical theory, critical theory is deepened by engagement with the concrete work of substantive revolution."-John Drabinski, Amherst College

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