ISBN:
978-9956-792-39-9
Language:
English
Pages:
XLIV, 136 S; Ill
DDC:
305.80071168
Keywords:
Republik Südafrika Universität
;
Ethnologie
;
Apartheid
;
Kritik
;
Widerstand
;
Postkolonialismus
;
Forschung (Projekte)
;
Interview
Abstract:
In the 1980s, the University of Cape Town's social anthropology department was predominantly oriented by an exposé style of critical scholarship. The enemy was the apartheid state, the ethical imperative was clear and a combative metaphor for doing research motivated the department. Andrew David Spiegel, known affectionately as "Mugsy" by his students and colleagues, has been a central, if understated, figure of this history and helped to frame the theoretical charge of a generation of students looking to counter apartheid from 'inside'. In a series of interviews between the senior professor ...