South Africa's Dreams - by Robert J Gordon (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p> <em>"Having lived through much of the time discussed in this book in South Africa and being aware of the political and academic implications of white politics and of the politics of anthropology, I found this book highly engaging, confrontational of white conservatism and racism and justly devastating of expertise gone wrong".</em> <strong>- C. S. van der Waal</strong>, Stellenbosch University</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p> <strong>Robert J. Gordon</strong> is Emeritus Professor at the University of Vermont and a Research Fellow at the University of the Free State. His books include <em>Going Abroad: Travelling like an Anthropologist</em> (Routledge, 2010) and most recently <em>The Enigma of Max Gluckman: The Ethnographic Life of 'Luckyman' in Africa</em> (Nebraska, 2018) which was a <em>Choice</em> Outstanding Academic Title in 2019.</p>
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