| Description |
1 online resource (121 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1 Embracing the Enemy; 1.2 Nationalism in the New South Africa; 1.3 Nation as an Imagined Community -- 1.4 Rainbow Nation, African Renaissance, or Country of two Nations?; 1.5 The Research Design; Chapter 2: Nationalism -- a Theoretical Perspective; 2.1 Primordialists versus Constructivists; 2.1.1 Primordialism: Arguments and Critique; 2.1.2 Constructivism: The Major Theories; 2.2 Different Types of Nationalism?; 2.2.1 Ethno-Symbolism and Ethno-Nationalism; 2.2.2 Staats- and Kulturnation; 2.2.3 Nationalism or Patriotism? |
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2.3 The African Perspective2.3.1 History of Nationalist Thought in Africa; 2.3.2 Categorisation; 2.3.3 Nationalism and other Forms of Identity in Africa; 2.4 Conclusion; Chapter 3: ANC and African Nationalism -- from Apartheid to the Present; 3.1 African Nationalism within the ANC before and during Apartheid; 3.1.1 Moderate Policies: the early Years of the ANC (1912 -- 1943); 3.1.2 Towards Africanism: Anton Lembede and the ANC Youth League (1944 -1947); 3.1.3 Charterism: The ANC in the 1950s; 3.1.4 Return to Africanism: the Formation of the Pan-Africanist Congress |
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3.1.5 Black Consciousness and United Democratic Front3.2 Transition of ANC Nationalism in Post-Apartheid: Continuities and Change; 3.2.1 The Rainbow Nation; 3.2.2 Thabo Mbeki: I am an African; 3.2.3 The African Renaissance; 3.2.4 South Africa: a Country of two Nations; 3.3 Conclusion; Chapter 4: Analysis and Assessment of the Transition of African Nationalism; 4.1 Analysis of Nation Concepts in Post-Apartheid South Africa; 4.1.1 The African Renaissance; 4.1.2 Two Nation -- 4.2 Non-Racialism or Racialism?; 4.3 Political Implications; Chapter 5: Conclusion and Outlook; References |
| Summary |
With the help of discourse analysis and ideology critique, Ellen Wesemüller establishes a theoretical framework to analyze African nationalism in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa. Following the constructivist school of thought, the study adopts the assumption that nations are ""imagined communities"" which are built on ""invented traditions"". It shows that historically and analytically, there are two distinct concepts of nationalism: ""constitutional"" and ""ethnic"" nationalism. These concepts can be retraced in South Africa where they form the central antagonism of black political |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 12, 2015) |
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African National Congress.
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African National Congress fast |
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Nationalism -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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Black nationalism -- South Africa
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Apartheid -- South Africa.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Nationalism & Patriotism.
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Apartheid
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Autonomy and independence movements
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Black nationalism
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Nationalism
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Politics and government
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Race relations
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Africa -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001570
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Africa -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
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South Africa -- Race relations.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125494
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South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003600
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Africa
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South Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783838254982 |
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3838254988 |
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