| Description |
1 online resource (210 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Early Days in Mavambe -- Chapter 2. Baragwanath Hospital and Beyond -- Chapter 3. A Place Called Umtata -- Chapter 4. Curiosity Did Not Kill This Cat -- Chapter 5. In the Soup : Courtrooms and Witnessing -- Chapter 6. The Psychology of Crowds -- Chapter 7. Justice and the Comrades -- Chapter 8. Working for a Higher Purpose |
| Summary |
"This intriguing memoir details in a quiet and restrained manner what it meant to be a committed black intellectual activist during the apartheid years and beyond. Few autobiographies exploring the 'life of the mind' and the 'history of ideas' have come out of South Africa, and N Chabani Manganyi's reflections on a life engaged with ideas, the psychological and philosophical workings of the mind and the act of writing are a refreshing addition to the genre of life writing. Starting with his rural upbringing in Mavambe in Limpopo province in the 1940s, Manganyi's life story unfolds at a gentle pace, tracing the twists and turns of his journey from humble beginnings to Yale University in the USA. The author details his work as a clinical practitioner and researcher, as a biographer, as an expert witness in defence of opponents of the apartheid regime and, finally, as a leading educationist in Mandela's Cabinet and in the South African academy. Apartheid and the Making of a Black Psychologist is a book about relationships and the fruits of intellectual and creative labour. In it, Manganyi describes how he used his skills as a clinical psychologist to explore lives both those of the subjects of his biographies and those of the accused for whom he testified in mitigation; his aim always to find a higher purpose and a higher self."--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Manganyi, N. C
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| SUBJECT |
Manganyi, N. C. fast |
| Subject |
Apartheid -- South Africa.
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College teachers -- South Africa -- Biography
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Psychologists -- South Africa -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Social Scientists & Psychologists.
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Apartheid
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College teachers
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Psychologists
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South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781868148653 |
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1868148653 |
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9781868148639 |
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1868148637 |
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