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The unresolved national question left thought under apartheid
Title
The unresolved national question [electronic resource] : left thought under apartheid / edited by Edward Webster and Karin Pampallis.
ISBN
9781776140237
9781776140220
Published
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Johannesburg [South Africa] : Wits University Press, 2017. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
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1 online resource (1 PDF (xi, 310 pages))
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Summary
The re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living prosperously under a constitutional democracy remains elusive. This volume examines the way in which various strands of left thought have addressed the National Question, especially during the apartheid years, and goes on to discuss its relevance for South Africa today and in the future. Contributors have defined the question as they believe appropriate, which has resulted in a rich tapestry of interweaving perceptions about the unresolved National Question. The volume is structured in two parts. The first examines four foundational traditions - Marxism-Leninism (the Colonialism of a Special Type thesis); the Congress tradition; the Trotskyist tradition; and Africanism. The second part explores the various shifts in the debate from the 1960s onwards, and includes chapters on Afrikaner nationalism, ethnic issues, Black Consciousness, feminism, workerism and constitutionalism. By revisiting these debates, the volume will become a catalyst for an enriched debate on our identity and our future.
Variant and related titles
MUSE - 2017 Complete.
MUSE - 2017 African Studies.
MUSE - 2017 Political Science and Policy Studies.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 23, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface / Edward Webster and Karin Pampallis
Introduction : revisiting the national question / Edward Webster and John Mawbey
part one. Key foundational traditions
1. Decentring the question of race : critical reflections on colonialism of a special type / Jeremy Cronin and Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo
2. The African National Congress : social democratic thinking and the good society, 1940-1962 / Robert van Niekerk
3. Oliver Tambo and the national question / Luli Callinicos
4. The unity movement and the national question / Basil Brown, Mallet Pumelele Giyose, Hamilton Petersen, Charles Thomas and Allan Zinn
5. The Africanist turn in South African national question discourses / Siphamandla Zondi
part two. Continuity and rupture
6. Vicissitudes of the national question : Afrikaner style / T. Dunbar Moodie
7. Neville Alexander and the national question / Enver Motala and Salim Vally
8. The Marxist workers' tendency of the African National Congress / Martin Legassick
9. The national question confronts the ethnic question / Gerhard Maré
10. Variations on a Zulu theme / Ari Sitas
11. Black consciousness as nationalism of a special type / Xolela Mangcu
12. Postponing the national question : feminism and the women's movement / Shireen Hassim
13. Workerists and the national question / Alec Erwin
14. Red, black and gold : FOSATU, South African 'workerism', syndicalism and the nation / Sian Byrne, Nicole Ulrich and Lucien van der Walt
15. National democratic revolution meets constitutional democracy / Daryl Glaser.
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