Buy this book on-line Couper, Scott : Albert Luthuli. Bound by Faith(Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2010) 9781869141929 ISBN 9781869141929
230 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; pp. xi + (i) + 291, incl. index; plates. Very good condition. "Many myths assert that Chief Albert Luthuli, former President of the African National Congress (ANC), launched the armed struggle on his return to South Africa after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This misinterpretation sparks what is arguably one of the most relevant and controversial historical debates in South Africa. In what is the first substantive biography of Luthuli, Scott Couper challenges a nationalist-inspired perspective and argues that the iconic leader did not countenance the initiation of violence in December 1961. Luthuli's ecclesiastical tradition, Congregationalism, imbedded within him the primacy of democracy, education, sacrificial service, multiracialism and egalitarianism, propelling him to the heights of political leadership. These same attributes rendered Luthuli obsolete as a political leader within an increasingly radicalised, desperate and violent environment. By not supporting the ANC's armed movement, his political career proved to be 'bound by faith'." Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Couper, Scott : Albert Luthuli. Bound by Faith. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, livres rares, incunabula, libri antichi and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |