Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe
Robert Vosloo’s theological-ethical notion of just memory, derived from Paul Ricoeur, is used to critique President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call to wounded Zimbabweans to let bygones be bygones. The question answered by the article is, in the light of Vosloo’s notion of just memory, what should Zimbabw...
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| description | Robert Vosloo’s theological-ethical notion of just memory, derived from Paul Ricoeur, is used to critique President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call to wounded Zimbabweans to let bygones be bygones. The question answered by the article is, in the light of Vosloo’s notion of just memory, what should Zimbabweans who have been wounded by Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front’s (ZANU-PF’s) violence do with their memories of violence? The article argues that, in cases of social injustice, remembrance, instead of forgetting, should be used to confront the unjust context. The article describes the nature of ZANU-PF’s culture of violence, and how the party uses the notion of ‘forgive and forget’ to silence the memories of people who have been wounded. After discussing how forgetting sacralises ZANU-PF’s violent patriotic history, the article describes how, in contrast, remembrance confronts the culture of violence. The article closes by describing certain aspects of a theological ethic that fosters redemptive remembrance of past wounds.
Contribution: The contribution of the article is providing a theological-ethical framework that can enable victims of state violence to use their painful memories to confront the culture of violence in Zimbabwe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e86e92cae8b4441d8ace7cf682fb373f2023-08-01T12:47:58ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies0259-94222072-80502023-07-01792e1e1110.4102/hts.v79i2.85515739Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled ZimbabweCollium Banda0Unit for Reformational Theology and the Development of the South African Society, Faculty of Theology, North-West University, PotchefstroomRobert Vosloo’s theological-ethical notion of just memory, derived from Paul Ricoeur, is used to critique President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call to wounded Zimbabweans to let bygones be bygones. The question answered by the article is, in the light of Vosloo’s notion of just memory, what should Zimbabweans who have been wounded by Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front’s (ZANU-PF’s) violence do with their memories of violence? The article argues that, in cases of social injustice, remembrance, instead of forgetting, should be used to confront the unjust context. The article describes the nature of ZANU-PF’s culture of violence, and how the party uses the notion of ‘forgive and forget’ to silence the memories of people who have been wounded. After discussing how forgetting sacralises ZANU-PF’s violent patriotic history, the article describes how, in contrast, remembrance confronts the culture of violence. The article closes by describing certain aspects of a theological ethic that fosters redemptive remembrance of past wounds. Contribution: The contribution of the article is providing a theological-ethical framework that can enable victims of state violence to use their painful memories to confront the culture of violence in Zimbabwe.https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/8551memoryremembrancejust memoryzimbabweviolenceforgettingvosloomnangagwa. |
| spellingShingle | Collium Banda Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies memory remembrance just memory zimbabwe violence forgetting vosloo mnangagwa. |
| title | Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe |
| title_full | Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe |
| title_short | Unjust forgetting? Vosloo’s just memory and Mnangagwa’s forgetting in violently ruled Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | unjust forgetting vosloo s just memory and mnangagwa s forgetting in violently ruled zimbabwe |
| topic | memory remembrance just memory zimbabwe violence forgetting vosloo mnangagwa. |
| url | https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/8551 |
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