مقاربات فلسفية
Volume 11, Numéro 1, Pages 544-558
2024-04-24
South African Crime Fiction: The Philosophical Imports Of Death In Zakes Mda’s Ways Of Dying
Authors : Rahmani Souhila Mahdjouba . Chami Nidhal .
Abstract
This paper offers a holistic view of South African crime fiction in connection to the Philosophy of Death. In fact, the transition from apartheid to independence, in South Africa, brought about noticeable changes at the social level such as an increase in crimes and deaths. In Zakes Mda’s Ways of Dying,Toloki, the main character, is a professional mourner with a self-ascribed lifestyle dedicated to understanding the relationship between life and death. Given this credence, there is a need to find out the story’s philosophical imports and their relevance to the Philosophy of Death as an existential inquiry. This paper points out a hidden system of values and metrics established by Toloki that led him to philosophize about death. Intriguingly, Toloki’s reasoning style is in reality a medley of philosophies – it is part Heideggerian, Luperian, and Epicurean.
Keywords
Crime Fiction ; Existential ; Philosophy of Death ; South Africa ; Values
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