Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; Series Editor's Introduction; 1 Introduction: The Significance of Cultural Diversity on Peace-Building in Divided Societies; 1.1 Book Rationale; 1.2 Notes on Methodology; 1.3 Terminology Employed; 1.4 Structure of Book; References; 2 The Rainbow Nation: Identity, Intergroup Relations and Worldviews in South Africa; 2.1 Interpreting Apartheid; 2.2 The Rainbow Nation: South Africa's Transition to Democracy; 2.3 The End of the Rainbow? Intergroup Relations in the 'New' South Africa; 2.4 Conclusion; References
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3 Anchoring Concepts: Sustainable Peace, Identity, Culture and Worldview3.1 Sustainable Peace; 3.2 Identity; 3.3 Culture; 3.4 Worldview; 3.5 The Relationship Between Identity, Culture, Worldview and Intergroup Conflict; References; 4 Worldview Diversity Within South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission; 4.1 Western Worldviews: Western Liberalism and Nationalism; 4.2 Interconnected Worldviews: The Ubuntu Philosophy; 4.3 A Worldview Analysis of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; References; 5 Exploring the Diversity of Worldviews in South Africa
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5.1 Ontological Orientation: Scientific or Interconnected?5.2 Unit of Survival and Accountability: The Individual or the Collective?; 5.3 Social Organisation: Hierarchical or Lateral?; 5.4 Activity Orientation: Relationship or Rule Priority?; 5.5 Temporal Orientation: Past or Future?; 5.6 Worldview Diversity in South Africa; References; 6 Through the Eyes of the 'Other': Interpreting Peace and What Is Required for Building a Sustainable Peace; 6.1 Relational Pillars of Sustainable Peace; Understanding the 'Other'; Encounter and Engagement; Peace Education; Respect; Cultural Equality
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8 Contributions and Recommendations: A Worldview Perspective for Peace-Building and Reconciliation in South Africa and Beyond8.1 Contributions and Recommendations to Peace-Building Theory and Practice; 8.2 Competing Worldviews Beyond South Africa; 8.3 Conclusion; References; Index
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Healing from the Past6.2 Structural Pillars; Good Governance and Accountability; Civic Responsibility; National Unity; Past Redress; Socio-Economic Development; 6.3 Interpreting Peace Through the Lens of Worldview; References; 7 Transitional Policies, Group Identity and Intergroup Relations; 7.1 Shifting Identities: The Beginnings of Classism and the Division of 'Black' Identity; 7.2 Equal Opportunities: Unequal and Hardened Intergroup Relations; 7.3 Fixing of Identities; 7.4 Gendered Identities; 7.5 The Influence of Transitional Policies on Identity and Intergroup Relations; References
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This book explores how competing worldviews impact on intergroup relations and building a sustainable peace in culturally diverse societies. It raises the question of what happens in a culturally diverse society when competing values and ways of interpreting reality collide and what this means for peace-building and the goal of reconciliation. Moreover, it provides a valuable and needed contribution to how peace-building interventions can become more sustainable if tied into local values and embedded in a society's system of meaning-making. The book engages with questions relating to the extent transitional policies speak to universal values and individualist societies and the implications this might have for how they are implemented in collective societies with different values and forms of social organisation. It raises the question of cultural equality and transformation and whether or not this is something that needs to be addressed within peace-building theory. It argues that inculcating worldview into peace-building theory and practice is a vital part of restoring dignity and promoting healing among victims and formerly oppressed groups. This book, therefore, makes an important contribution to what is at best a partially researched topic by providing a deeper understanding of how identity and culture intersect with peace-building when seeking to build a sustainable peace.--