ISBN:
0-521-81721-8
,
978-0-521-81721-9
,
0-521-53393-7 /African edition
,
978-0-521-53393-5 /African edition
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 297 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 103
Keywords:
Südafrika Politik
;
Politischer Wandel
;
Anthropologie, politische
;
Kolonialgeschichte
;
Widerstand
;
Staatsentstehung
;
Autorität
;
Rassismus
;
Macht
;
Geschichte
;
Apartheid
Abstract:
In The Politics of Evil, Clifton Crais provides a new interpretation of South African history, and a fresh approach to the study of power culture, and resistance in the modern world. Encompassing all of South Africa's history in his analysis, Crais examines the formation of an authoritarian political order and the complex ways people understood and resisted the colonial state. He explores state formation as a cultural and political process as well as a moral problem, and he looks at indigenous concepts of power, authority, and evil, analyzing how they shaped cross-cultural encounters and the making of a colonial order. Apartheid represented one of the great evils of the twentieth century. This book reveals how the victims of apartheid understood the triumph of this evil in their lives as they elaborated rich and at time violent visions of a world free of colonial oppression and white supremacy. Professor Crais concludes by looking at the contemporary political transition, the challenges to creating a durable democracy, and the persistence of evil in South Africa. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Introduction -- Part 1: Cultures of conquest -- 1. The death of Hope -- 2. Ethnographies of state -- 3. Rationalities and rule -- Part 2: States of emergency -- 4. Prophecies of nation -- 6. Conflict in Qumbu -- 7. The men of the mountain -- 8. Flights of the lightning bird -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 280-293
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