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Online-Ressource (186 p)
ISBN:
9789956792399
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In the 1980s, the University of Cape Town's social anthropology department was predominantly oriented by an "expos" style of critical scholarship. The enemy was the apartheid state, the ethical imperative was clear and a combative metaphor for doing research motivated the department. Andrew David Spiegel, known affectionately as "Mugsy" by his students and colleagues, has been a central, if understated, figure of this history and helped to frame the theoretical charge of a generation of students looking to counter apartheid from "inside". In a series of interviews between the senior professor
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; About the Book; About Jessica L. Dickson; Praise for this Book; Contents; Acknowledgements; Conversation Starters; An Introduction to Intergenerational Conversations with a Combative Anthropologist; Anthropology in South Africa: Beginnings and Ruptures; South African Anthropology: 1970s and 1980s; Transitions and Traditions: the 1990s; The Postcolonial Turn; 20 Years Post-Apartheid: Perspectives from The University of Cape Town, 2010-2014; Questions for the Future; Conclusion: A Good Foot Soldier; Prefatory Comment; Chapter 1 - Finding Politics…
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Chapter 2 - Coming to AnthropologyChapter 3 - UCT in the ΄70s; Chapter 4 - Volkekunde and Academic Apartheid; Chapter 5 - Anthropology under Apartheid; Chapter 6 - Tradition in Transition; Chapter 7 - What's Left?; Chapter 8 - Coda; Bibliography; Back cover
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789956792887
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789956792399
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe South African Anthropology in Conversation : An Intergenerational Interview on the History and Future of Social Anthropology i
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English
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