ENGLISH

South Africa's Dreams: Ethnologists and Apartheid in Namibia

By Robert J. Gordon

Book information

Publisher
Berghahn Books
Year
2021
ISBN
9781789209754
DOI
10.1515/9781789209754
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
728 kB (745437 bytes)
Pages
202\202
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-20 04:29:05

Description

In the early sixties, South Africa’s colonial policies in Namibia served as a testing ground for many key features of its repressive ‘Grand Apartheid’ infrastructure, including strategies for countering anti-apartheid resistance. Exposing the role that anthropologists played, this book analyses how the knowledge used to justify and implement apartheid was created. Understanding these practices and the ways in which South Africa’s experiences in Namibia influenced later policy at home is also critically evaluated, as is the matter of adjudicating the many South African anthropologists who supported the regime.

Similar books