The Anxieties of White Supremacy: Hendrik Verwoerd and the Apartheid Mindset

by Christoph Marx

Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (1958-1966) is widely regarded as the mastermind of apartheid in South Africa. This study examines how he developed the ideology of racial separation into a comprehensive system. It also looks into Verwoerd's intellectual development and his academic career before he entered politics. Apartheid was to Verwoerd less a defense of colonialism but a policy for the future, he was an authoritarian modernizer and a true...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110787261
• ISBN13: 9783110787269
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
• Length: 589 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"