The social and political thought of Archie Mafeje / Bongani Nyoka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nyoka, Bongani, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social scientists--South Africa.

Social scientists.

Sociologists--South Africa.

Sociologists.

Mafeje, Archie--Political and social views.

Mafeje, Archie.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 277 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Social scientist Archie Mafeje, who was born in the Eastern Cape but lived most of his scholarly life in exile, was one of Africa's most prominent intellectuals. This ground-breaking book is the first to consider the entire body of Mafeje's oeuvre and offers much-needed engagement with his ideas. The most inclusive and critical treatment to date of Mafeje as a thinker and researcher, it does not aim to be a biography, but rather offers an analysis of his overall scholarship and his role as a theoretician of liberation and revolution in Africa. Bongani Nyoka argues that Mafeje's superb scholarship developed out of both his experience as an oppressed black person and his early political education. These, merged with his university training, turned him into a formidable cutting-edge intellectual force. Nyoka begins with an evaluation of Mafeje's critique of the social sciences; his focus then shifts to Mafeje's work on land and agrarian issues in sub-Saharan Africa, before finally dealing with his work on revolutionary theory and politics. By bringing Mafeje's work to the fore, Nyoka engages in an act of knowledge decolonisation, thus making a unique contribution to South studies in sociology, history and politics.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: A Critique of the Social Sciences

1. From Functionalism to Radical Social Science

2. A Totalising Critique

3. Reading Mafeje's The Theory and Ethnography of African Social Formations

Part II: On Land and Agrarian Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa

4. The Land and Agrarian Question

5. Peasants, Food Security and Poverty Eradication

Part III: On Revolutionary Theory and Politics

6. Neocolonialism, State Capitalism and Underdevelopment

7. Liberation Struggles in South Africa

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021).

ISBN:

9781776145959

177614595X

OCLC:

1192490703