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  • - Toward a theory of emancipatory politics
    af Michael Neocosmos
    479,95 kr.

    Previous ways of conceiving the universal emancipation of humanity have in practice ended in failure. Marxism, anti-colonial nationalism and neo-liberalism all understand the achievement of universal emancipation through a form of state politics. Marxism, which had encapsulated the idea of freedom for most of the twentieth century, was found wanting when it came to thinking emancipation because social interests and identities were understood as simply reflected in political subjectivity which could only lead to statist authoritarianism. Neo-liberalism and anti-colonial nationalism have also both assumed that freedom is realisable through the state, and have been equally authoritarian in their relations to those they have excluded on the African continent and elsewhere. Thinking Freedom in Africa then conceives emancipatory politics beginning from the axiom that people think'. In other words, the idea that anyone is capable of engaging in a collective thought-practice which exceeds social place, interests and identities and which thus begins to think a politics of universal humanity. Using the work of thinkers such as Alain Badiou, Jacques Ranciere, Sylvain Lazarus, Frantz Fanon and many others, along with the inventive thought of people themselves in their experiences of struggle, the author proceeds to analyse how Africans themselves - with agency of their own - have thought emancipation during various historical political sequences and to show how emancipation may be thought today in a manner appropriate to twenty-first century conditions and concerns.

  • - The politics of knowledge
    af Jonathan Jansen, Achille Mbembe, Crain Soudien, mfl.
    393,95 kr.

    Shortly after the statue of Cecil John Rhodes came down at the University of Cape Town, protestors called for the decolonisation of universities. What exactly is decolonisation? This book brings together some of the most innovative thinking on curriculum theory to address this important question.

  • - Stories of becoming and belonging in South Africa's great metropolis
    af Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Loren Landau, Tanya Pampalone, mfl.
    388,95 kr.

    Presents the stories of South Africans, some Gauteng-born, others from neighbouring provinces, striving to realise the promises of democracy. They are also the stories of newcomers, from neighbouring countries and from as far afield as Pakistan and Rwanda, seeking a secure future.

  • - South African and Global Democratic Eco-Socialist Alternatives
    af Patrick Bond, Jacklyn Cock, David Fig, mfl.
    453,95 kr.

    Capitalism's addiction to fossil fuels is heating our planet at a pace and scale never before experienced. Political leaders across the world are failing to provide systemic solutions to the climate crisis. The Climate Crisis investigates ecosocialist alternatives that are emerging.

  • - Addressing Market Power in Southern Africa
    af Simon Roberts, Anthea Paelo, Genna Robb, mfl.
    400,95 kr.

    Shaping markets through competition and economic regulation is at the heart of addressing the development challenges facing countries in southern Africa. The contributors to Competition Law and Economic Regulation critically assess the efficacy of the competition and economic regulation frameworks, including the impact of a number of the regional competition authorities.

  • - The Crisis of Inequality
    af David Black, Sarah Bracking, Stephanie Allais, mfl.
    388,95 kr.

    Despite the transition from apartheid to democracy, South Africa is the most unequal country in the world. This collection of essays demonstrate how the consequences of inequality extend throughout society and the political economy, crippling the quest for social justice, polarising the politics, skewing economic outcomes and bringing devastating environmental consequences in their wake.

  • - Mapping the rupture in South Africa's labour landscape
    af Andries Bezuidenhout, Janet Cherry, Malehoko Tshoaedi, mfl.
    388,95 kr.

    Presents surveys of the opinions, attitudes and lifestyles of members of trade unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). In its analysis, Labour Beyond Cosatu shows that Cosatu, fragmented and weakened through fissures in its alliance with the African National Congress, is no longer the only dominant force influencing South Africa's labour landscape.

  • - A play
    af Neil Coppen, Empatheatre, Dylan McGarry & mfl.
    213,95 kr.

    Explores the effects of addiction not only on those who suffer from it but on communities, families and the police, both those who try to control the murderous trade and those who benefit from it. This book shares "people's real-life stories, with the intention to inspire and develop a greater empathy and kindness".

  • - Race and the politics of friendship in South Africa
    af Lesego Rampolokeng, Jon Soske, Bridget Kenny, mfl.
    388,95 kr.

    What does friendship have to do with racial difference, settler colonialism and post-apartheid South Africa? While histories of apartheid and colonialism in South Africa have often focused on the ideologies of segregation and white supremacy, Ties that Bind explores how the intimacies of friendship create vital spaces for practices of power and resistance.

  • - Youth struggle in South Africa before and beyond Soweto '76
    af Saleem Badat, Bhekizizwe Peterson, Sifiso Mxolisi Ndlovu, mfl.
    384,95 kr.

    The Soweto Student Uprising of 1976 was a decisive moment in the struggle against apartheid. Drawing on research and writing by leading scholars and prominent activists, Students Must Rise takes Soweto `76 as its pivot point, but looks at student and youth activism in South Africa more broadly by considering what happened before and beyond the Soweto moment.

  • - Left thought under apartheid and beyond
    af Edward Webster, Jeremy Cronin, John Mawbey, mfl.
    483,95 kr.

    Examines the way in which various strands of left thought have addressed the National Question, especially during the apartheid years, and goes on to discuss its relevance for South Africa today and in the future. Contributors have defined the question as they believe appropriate, which has resulted in a rich tapestry of interweaving perceptions about the unresolved National Question.

  • - Class struggles in South Africa and the world
    af Alfredo Saad-Filho, Andreas Bieler, William K. Carroll, mfl.
    400,95 kr.

    The global economic crisis is far from over and has been considered the worst in the history of modern capitalism.

  • - San cosmology in southern African rock art
    af Siyakha Mguni
    398,95 kr.

    Siyakha Mguni narrates his personal journey, over many years, to discover the significance of a hitherto enigmatic theme in San rock paintings known as "formlings". This book offers an innovative methodological approach for understanding subject matter in San rock art that is not easily recognisable, and will be an invaluable reference book to students and scholars.

  • - Johannesburg after apartheid - Open Access selection
    af David Everatt, Claire Benit-Gbaffou, Sarah Charlton, mfl.
    535,95 kr.

    As the dynamo of South Africa's economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation's imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South.

  • - Contexts, theories and applications
    af Gillian Eagle, Sally Swartz, Giada Del Fabbro, mfl.
    384,95 kr.

    This takes the reader on a journey through the sensitive and often painful realities of contemporary South African life. Offering a fresh and innovative perspective on psychodynamic psychotherapy, it captures the possibilities of using psychodynamic theory in service of progressive and socially relevant application.

  • af Percival Kirby
    388,95 kr.

    Percival Kirby was one of the greatest South African musicologists and ethnomusicologists. Born in Scotland in 1887, after completing his studies at the Royal College of Music in London he came out to South Africa as the Music Organiser to the Natal Education Department.

  • - Crisis, critique and struggle
    af Patrick Bond, Michael Burawoy, Daryl Glaser, mfl.
    384,95 kr.

    This is the first publication in the Democratic Marxism Series , which seeks to elaborate the social theorising and politics of Democratic Marxism. This edited volume introduces some contemporary approaches to Marxism and explores some of the ways in which Marxism has been used in Africa.

  • - Everyday Practices in South Africa's Land and Agrarian Reform
    af Derick Fay, Ben Cousins, Paul Hebinck, mfl.
    409,95 kr.

    Notions of land and agrarian reform are now well entrenched in post-apartheid South Africa. But what this reform actually means for everyday life is not clearly understood, nor the way it will impact on the political economy.

  • - The second phase - Tragedy or farce?
    af John Daniel, Susan Booysen, Paul Maylam, mfl.
    479,95 kr.

    The chapters in this volume are written by experts in their fields and address issues of politics, power and social class; economy, ecology and labour; public policy and social practice; and South Africa beyond its borders. The third volume of the New South African Review continues the series by providing in-depth analyses of the key issues facing South Africa today.

  • - Research and applications
    af Katherine Bain, Diana de Sousa, Kate Cockcroft, mfl.
    479,95 kr.

    Provides an overview of the research related to psychological assessment across South Africa. The thirty-six chapters provide a combination of psychometric theory and practical assessment applications in order to combine the currently disparate research that has been conducted locally in this field.

  • - A centenary history and anthology of Abantu-Batho
    af Peter, PhD Limb, Jeff Opland, mfl.
    493,95 kr.

    This much-awaited volume uncovers the long-lost pages of the major African multi-lingual newspaper, Abantu-Batho.

  • - A play
    af Anthony Akerman
    272,95 kr.

    Somewhere on the Border was written in exile and was intercepted in the post and banned by the apartheid censors. This one-act version of the play brings the South African Border War back into public discourse and pierces through the armour of silence, secrecy and shame that still surrounds it.

  • - A play
    af Zakes Mda
    253,95 kr.

    Through five colourful characters, three of them living out their very individual lives in an unnamed public park in Johannesburg, Zakes Mda explores the plight of women and children in a patriarchal and male-dominated twenty-first century world.

  • - Recording, presenting and understanding rock art using indigenous knowledge
    af Neville Agnew, Trond Lodoen, Knut Helskog, mfl.
    498,95 kr.

    Contains cutting edge contributions that consider new approaches to three areas: the documentation of rock art; its interpretation using indigenous knowledge; and the presentation of rock art. Working with Rock Art is the first edited volume to consider each of these areas in a theoretical rather than a technical fashion, and makes a significant contribution to the discipline.

  • - HIV-positive motherhood in South Africa
    af Carol Long
    358,95 kr.

    Drawing on interviews with mothers who have been diagnosed HIV-positive, this title provides a perspective of motherhood from the mother's point of view. It explores the situation in which two very powerful identities, those of motherhood and of being HIV-positive, collide in the same moment.

  • - A Scientific Assessment for South Africa
    af Jonathan Barnes, Graham Avery, Robert J. Scholes, mfl.
    494,95 kr.

    The management of South Africa's elephants is a lightning-rod for a whole range of associated values-based policy issues pertaining to elephant in South Africa. The results of this comprehensive work will pave a way to better resolution of these controversial issues.

  • af Roger Hewitt
    341,95 kr.

    Analyses texts drawn from the Bleek and Lloyd Archive - one of the important collections for the understanding of South African cultural heritage and in particular the traditions of the /Xam, South Africa's 'first people'. This book offers an analysis of the corpus of /Xam narratives found in the Bleek and Lloyd collection.

  • - A play
    af John Kani
    280,95 kr.

    Tells the story of two brothers, of sibling rivalry, of exile, of memory and reconciliation, and of perplexities of freedom.

  • - A Musical
    af Junction Avenue Theatre Company, Malcolm Purkey & Carol Steinberg
    272,95 kr.

    'Why bother to rob a bank, when you can own a bank?' asked Bertold Brecht. The question is reiterated in the very Brechtian Love, Crime and Johannesburg, the story of Jimmy 'Long Legs' Mangane, a people's poet involved in the struggle, who is accused of robbing a bank.

  • - Four Works
    af Zakes Mda
    232,95 kr.

    This collection of three plays and one cine poem captures the essence of Zakes Mda's method as a dramatist. Included is the story of two women who meet during a long wait to buy subsidized rice and discover they have more in common than their poverty.

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