Nationalism, Politics and Anthropology: A Tale of Two South Africans

by Ilana Van Wyk and Jimmy Pieterse

In this book, Ilana van Wyk and Jimmy Pieterse interrogate the question of political subjectivity and its role in the making of anthropology and anthropologists by revisiting the pitched battles between so-called liberal social anthropologists and conservative, nationalist volkekundiges in South Africa. They pay particular attention to the social and cultural lives of two men who were central proponents of South African anthropology's 'two tales';...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9956552771
• ISBN13: 9789956552771
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Langaa RPCID
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"