South Africa's Dreams: Ethnologists and Apartheid in Namibia

South Africa's Dreams: Ethnologists and Apartheid in Namibia
ISBN-10
1789209765
ISBN-13
9781789209761
Category
Social Science
Pages
294
Language
English
Published
2021-02-05
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Author
Robert J. Gordon

Description

In the early sixties, South Africa’s colonial policies in Namibia served as a testing ground for many key features of its repressive ‘Grand Apartheid’ infrastructure, including strategies for countering anti-apartheid resistance. Exposing the role that anthropologists played, this book analyses how the knowledge used to justify and implement apartheid was created. Understanding these practices and the ways in which South Africa’s experiences in Namibia influenced later policy at home is also critically evaluated, as is the matter of adjudicating the many South African anthropologists who supported the regime.

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