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Re-Imagining the Social in South Africa: Critique, Theory and Post-apartheid Society
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Paperback. 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? This volume seeks to revive the tradition of intellectual argument that marked apartheid's final years. Editor(s): Jacklin, Heather; Vale, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 462.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of KwaZulu-Natal Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
300
Place of Publication
Scottsville, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa
ISBN
9781869141790
SKU
V9781869141790
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About
Heather Jacklin is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research interests relate to understanding teaching as a practice and the social justice implications of practices within the field of education. Peter Vale is Nelson Mandela Professor of Politics, Rhodes University, South Africa. His interests include social thought in South ... Read more
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