P Lalu
Undoing Apartheid
Undoing Apartheid
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Post-apartheid South Africa still struggles to overcome the past due to the intellectual conditions created by petty apartheid. In Undoing Apartheid, Premesh Lalu argues that only an aesthetic education can lead to a future beyond apartheid. He traces the patterns created by three theatrical works by William Kentridge, Jane Taylor, and the Handspring Puppet Company to affirm the need to revitalize a post-apartheid reconciliation endowed with truth to keep alive the rhyme of hope and history.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 202 pages
Publication date: 11 November 2022
Publisher: Polity Press
Post-apartheid South Africa continues to grapple with the legacies of the past, not solely due to the lingering material conditions of apartheid but also because the intellectual frameworks it established have yet to be fully dismantled. The system of petty apartheid, which exerted control over the minutiae of everyday life, became a tool for coercing individuals into adapting to increasingly mechanized modes of existence that stifled desire and creative endeavor. Consequently, the echoes of apartheid persist in the ongoing struggle to transcend it.
In his book Undoing Apartheid, Premesh Lalu makes a compelling case that only an aesthetic education holds the potential to pave the way for a future beyond apartheid. Lalu seeks to break free from the cyclical patterns that perpetuate the system by examining the theatrical works of three renowned artists: William Kentridge, Jane Taylor, and the Handspring Puppet Company. These works, which coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of apartheid, include Faustus in Africa, Woyzeck on the Highveld, and Ubu and the Truth Commission. Through a meticulous analysis of these works, Lalu uncovers the foundations of modern thinking about race and reaffirms the urgent need to revitalize a post-apartheid reconciliation that is rooted in truth. This reconciliation is crucial not only to preserve the harmony between hope and history but also to ensure the sustainable development and well-being of South Africa's diverse communities.
Weight: 334g
Dimension: 139 x 215 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509552832
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