The Struggle for Social Change in Southern Africa: Visions of Liberty

The Struggle for Social Change in Southern Africa: Visions of Liberty
ISBN-10
0844815950
ISBN-13
9780844815954
Category
History
Pages
164
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Author
Dickson A. Mungazi

Description

This book shows the applicability of Thomas Kuhn's theory of the structure of scientific revolutions to the struggle for social change in southern Africa. The components of this theory which seem applicable to the conflict and the struggle for fundamental social change in this troubled region of Africa are: definition of paradigms, their functions, the elements of paradigm shifts and their effect, the relationship between paradigm shift in natural and social science, and the concept of anomaly. This study utilizes the components of this theory to discuss why the problems of southern Africa seem to defy this solution.

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