The Opening of the Apartheid Mind : Options for the New South Africa / Kogila Moodley, Heribert Adam.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adam, Heribert, Author.

Moodley, Kogila, Author.

Series:

Perspectives on Southern Africa ; 50

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Refusing to be governed by what is fashionable or inoffensive, Heribert Adam and Kogila Moodley frankly address the passions and rationalities that drive politics in post-apartheid South Africa. They argue that the country's quest for democracy is widely misunderstood and that public opinion abroad relies on stereotypes of violent tribalism and false colonial analogies. Adam and Moodley criticize the personality cult surrounding Nelson Mandela and the accolades accorded F. W. de Klerk. They reject the black-versus-white conflict and substitute sober analysis and strategic pragmatism for the moral outrage that typifies so much writing about South Africa. Believing that the best expression of solidarity emanates from sympathetic but candid criticism, they pose challenging questions for the African National Congress and Nelson Mandela. They give in-depth coverage to political violence, the ANC-South African Communist Party alliance, Inkatha, and other controversial topics as well. The authors do not propose a solution that will guarantee a genuinely democratic South Africa. What they offer is an understanding of the country's social conditions and political constraints, and they sketch options for both a new South Africa and a new post-Cold War foreign policy for the whole of southern Africa. The importance of this book is as immediate as today's headlines.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

1. Colonialism, Communalism, and Democracy

2. From Confrontation to Negotiation

3. Prospects for a Historic Compromise

4. Dilemmas and Contradictions in the ANC Alliance

5. Psychological Liberation

6. Political Violence, "Tribalism," and Inkatha

7. The Right Wing

8. International Intervention: From Anti-Apartheid to Development

9. Regional Relations and Development Policies

10. The Future of South Africa

Conclusion: Democracy or Elite Cartel?

Notes

Select Bibliography

Selected Southern African Journals and Newsletters

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Okt 2020)

ISBN:

9780520354760

0520354761

OCLC:

1198931811