Afrikaners in the new South Africa : identity politics in a globalised economy / Rebecca Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Rebecca.

Series:

International library of African studies ; 23.

International library of African studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Afrikaners--South Africa--Politics and government.

Afrikaners.

Afrikaners--South Africa--Ethnic identity.

Ethnicity.

Politics and government.

South Africa.

Physical Description:

viii, 200 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies, 2009.

Contents:

1 Rebuilding the Future or Revisiting the Past? 1

Introduction 1

A political economy of post-apartheid Afrikaner identity 4

Theorising identity in a global era 9

2 The Afrikaner Nationalist Project 18

Appropriating the past: The development of an Afrikaner identity 19

Moving towards consensus 25

A volk in retreat? 31

The nationalist project unravels 37

A class apart: The maturation of Afrikaner capital 39

3 The Nature of Consensus in the 'New' South Africa 44

Consolidating dominance? The shape of the new hegemonic order 45

Neo-liberal orthodoxy and the capital transition 51

Connecting with the global consensus 56

Compromise on the domestic front 59

An African Renaissance? 63

4 Contemporary Manifestations of Afrikaner Identity in an Era of Increasing Globalisation 71

Rethinking the cultural: The future of the Afrikaner past 72

The politics of transformation 74

The new discourse of minority rights 76

The culture industry 81

The rise of a globalised capital consensus 92

5 The 'Logic of the Local' in Contemporary Afrikaner Identity Politics 99

The local tradition in Afrikaner nationalist politics 100

An alternative Afrikanerdom? 105

Recreating the cultural: New visions of Afrikaans 117

Reorienting the local: Politics at the provincial level 123

6 Renewing the Consensus in a Post-Apartheid Era? 130.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-191) and index.

ISBN:

9781845117856

1845117859

OCLC:

232981012