Seeking Mandela

Heribert Adam is a political sociologist at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver and also teaches at the University of Cape Town. He has published extensively on comparative ethnic conflicts and peacemaking, particularly socio-political developments in South Africa. He was awarded the 1998 Konrad Adenauer Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Kogila Moodley is a sociologist at the University of British Columbia and was the first holder of the David Lam Chair. Raised in the Indian community of apartheid South Africa, her research is focused on critical multiculturalism, anti-racism education and citizenship. She has served as President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Ethnic, Minority and Race Relations (1998-2002).

"A sweeping, authoritative and balanced analysis of a highly sensitive issue, bound to raise a heated debate." —Dr. Meron Benvenisti, Historian and former deputy mayor of Jerusalem "Those interested in what kinds of world pressures cause or impede change will find a great deal of food for thought. Meticulously constructed, Seeking Mandela is well-worth a lay person read." —Island Tides

• Preface: Reflections on Moral Literacy Acknowledgments Introduction Political Travel through the Holy Land The Gaze of Outsiders • Conversations with Palestinians • Unscrambling History Part I. Probing the South African Lessons 1. Controversial Issues in Overview Context • Uses and Abuses of the Israel-South Africa Comparison • The Relevance of the Middle East for South Africa • False Analogies and Theoretical Approaches 2. Nationalism, Patriotism, and Multiculturalism Revisited Ultra-Nationalism in Defiance of Universal Norms • Critical Patriotism • Multiculturalism and Cosmopolitanism 3. A Brief History of South Africa and Apartheid The History of South African Colonialism • The Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism • The Many Faces of Apartheid • Resistance and Liberation 4. The Problematic Israel-South Africa Analogy Economic Interdependence • Unifying versus Divisive Religion • Third-Party Intervention • Embattled Leadership in Controversial Compromises • A Militarized Political Culture • Violence, Deterrence, and the Psychic Energy of Martyrdom • Rescuing Negotiations 5. Visions of Endgame Islamic Extremist Positions • Jewish Extremist Positions • Two-State Positions • A Multicultural Common State Part II. After the Violence 6. Collective Memories: How Democracies Deal with the Crimes of Previous Regimes The Politics of Memory • Conclusions 7. The Politics of Reconciliation and Transitional Justice Truth Commissions and the Globalization of Justice • Between Perpetrators and Victims • Success and Failure of the TRC 8. An Israeli-Palestinian Truth Commission? Part III. Conclusions 9. Solutions Revisited and Lessons Drawn Differences and Similarities between South Africa and Israel • Palestine • Israel • Palestine in the International Context • Zionism, Anti-Zionism, and Post-Zionism Revisited in the Twenty-First Century • The Two-State versus the Common-State Option • South African Lessons for Peacemaking • Future Scenarios Notes Works Cited Index