South Africa historian Clifton Crais combines a cultural history of state formation with an analysis of African conceptions of power and the moral problem of evil. He explores the role of ideas held by Africans and Europeans in shaping political society throughout South Africa's history. He demonstrates how Africans contested one of the great evils of the twentieth century: apartheid. Crais discusses colonialism, resistance, nationalism, violence, and the challenges to creating democracy.
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"The Politics of Evil is a pathbreaking book, sure to generate discussion among historians of South Africa." History: Reviews of New Books
"This innovative new book broadens South African political history in vital ways by allowing historical African ideas and practices to help determine what constitutes politics. The result is a vivid exploration of the cross-cultural production of an authoritarian colonial order. The value of The Politics of Evil lies in the [Clifton Crais's] determination to ground this rich political imagination in the dynamism of material life. Meticulously researched, convincingly argued, and engagingly written, The Politics of Evil will, no doubt, stand as a landmark study in South African history and the history of colonial politics more broadly." Julie Livingston, Rutgers University
"[T]his is a compelling meditation on several of the key forces that shaped the history of South Africa's Eastern Cape--the Ciskei and the Transkei.... Highly recommended." Choice
"This innovative new book broadens South African political history in vital ways by allowing historical African ideas and practices to help determine what constitutes politics. The result is a vivid exploration of the cross-cultural production of an authoritarian colonial order. The value of The Politics of Evil lies in the [Clifton Crais's] determination to ground this rich political imagination in the dynamism of material life. Meticulously researched, convincingly argued, and engagingly written, The Politics of Evil will, no doubt, stand as a landmark study in South African history and the history of colonial politics more broadly." Julie Livingston, Rutgers University
"[T]his is a compelling meditation on several of the key forces that shaped the history of South Africa's Eastern Cape--the Ciskei and the Transkei.... Highly recommended." Choice
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The Politics of Evil offers a new way of understanding political history in the colonial world. Clifton Crais combines a cultural history of state formation with an analysis of African conceptions of power and the moral problems of evil. He explores the role of ideas, held by Africans and Europeans alike, in shaping political society throughout South Africa's history, and demonstrates how Africans understood and contested one of the great evils of the twentieth century: apartheid. He discusses colonialism, resistance, nationalism, violence, and the challenges to creating democracy.
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bureaux system, bantu authorities, betterment policies, subaltern nationalism, colonial social engineering, spiraling poverty, stock thieves, early colonial state, decentralized despotism, land beacons, stock theft, colonial state formation, preparatory examination, uncatalogued material, lightning bird, nourishing rains, subaltern politics, native commissioner, district commandant, apartheid state, magisterial districts, hut taxes, resident magistrates, influx control, tribal authorities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Cape, South Africa, Hamilton Hope, Mount Ayliff, Cape Town, East London, Pondoland Revolt, Native Administration Act, Port Elizabeth, Glen Grey Act, National Party, Griqualand East, African National Congress, Western Cape, Chief Mditshwa, Defiance Campaign, First People, Betterment Act, Disarmament Act, East Griqualand, Native Affairs Department, Segwebo Mhlanga, United Nations, All-African Convention, Bashee River New!
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bureaux system, bantu authorities, betterment policies, subaltern nationalism, colonial social engineering, spiraling poverty, stock thieves, early colonial state, decentralized despotism, land beacons, stock theft, colonial state formation, preparatory examination, uncatalogued material, lightning bird, nourishing rains, subaltern politics, native commissioner, district commandant, apartheid state, magisterial districts, hut taxes, resident magistrates, influx control, tribal authorities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eastern Cape, South Africa, Hamilton Hope, Mount Ayliff, Cape Town, East London, Pondoland Revolt, Native Administration Act, Port Elizabeth, Glen Grey Act, National Party, Griqualand East, African National Congress, Western Cape, Chief Mditshwa, Defiance Campaign, First People, Betterment Act, Disarmament Act, East Griqualand, Native Affairs Department, Segwebo Mhlanga, United Nations, All-African Convention, Bashee River New!
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- The Social Production of Indifference by Michael Herzfeld on 5 pages
- Dialectic of Enlightenment (Cultural Memory in the Present) by Max Horkheimer on 4 pages
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