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Titre(s) : Re-imagining the social in South Africa [Texte imprimé] : critique, theory and post-apartheid society / edited by Heather Jacklin and Peter Vale
Publication : Scottsville : University of KwaZulu-Natal press, 2009
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-308 p.) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Publ. à partir des rapports et travaux d'un congrès
"As apartheid ended, why did the South African academy shift from critique to subservience?
Why have common-sense explanations of the social world of South Africans replaced
searching questions? Why are conversations on social issues in South Africa controlled
by technology, management and, until their recent collapse, the idea of markets? Why
has serious thought in the new South Africa become an indecent activity? These, and
other, questions are at the heart of this book which brings social theory to bear
on social practice to disrupt received conceptions and representations of the social
in the post-apartheid South Africa. This subversive volume seeks to revive the tradition
of intellectual argument that marked apartheid's final years. Using critical theoretical
perspectives, the contributors offer explanations of narrowly focused post-apartheid
discourses, and imagine different orderings of contemporary South African life. "Re-imagining
the Social in South Africa" aims to revitalise thinking on twenty-first century South
Africa by positioning the humanities, especially its critical spirit, at the very
centre of the national conversation"--Publisher's website
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Jacklin, Heather
Vale, Peter (1947-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Postapartheid -- Afrique du Sud
Changement social -- Afrique du Sud
Politique et gouvernement -- Afrique du Sud -- 1994-....
Conditions sociales -- Afrique du Sud -- 1994-....
Genre ou forme : Actes de congrès
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781869141790 (pbk.). - ISBN 1869141792 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb436491397
Notice n° :
FRBNF43649139
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