South African anthropology in conversation : an intergenerational interview on the history and future of social anthropology in South Africa / Jessica L. Dickson ; in conversation with Andrew D. Spiegel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dickson, Jessica L., author.

Spiegel, Andrew D., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spiegel, Andrew.

Ethnology--Study and teaching (Higher)--South Africa.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--South Africa--History.

Marxist anthropology--South Africa.

Marxist anthropology.

Apartheid--South Africa.

Apartheid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bamenda, Cameroon : Langaa Research & Publishing CIG, 2015.

Summary:

In the 1980's, the University of Cape Town's social anthropology department was predominantly oriented by an 'expose' 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 and one of his students - Jessica Dickson - Spiegel offers a unique perspective from the centre of anthropology's recent history in South Africa.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Finding Politics

Chapter 2. Coming to Anthropology

Chapter 3. UCT in the ΄70s

Chapter 4. Volkekunde and Academic Apartheid

Chapter 5. Anthropology under Apartheid

Chapter 6. Tradition in Transition

Chapter 7. What’s Left?

Chapter 8. Coda.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 28, 2015).

ISBN:

9956-792-88-8

OCLC:

900438546