From "Foreign Natives" to "Native Foreigners". Explaining Xenophobia in Post-apartheid South Africa. 2nd Ed - Softcover

Neocosmos, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 2869783078 ISBN 13: 9782869783072

Verlag: Codesria, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

"The events of May 2008 in which 62 people were killed simply for being 'foreign' and thousands were turned overnight into refugees shook the South African nation. This book is the first to attempt a comprehensive and rigorous explanation for those horrific events. It argues that xenophobia should be understood as a political discourse and practice. As such its historical development as well as the conditions of its existence must be elucidated in terms of the practices and prescriptions which structure the field of politics. In South Africa, the history of xenophobia is intimately connected to the manner in which citizenship has been conceived and fought over during the past fifty years at least ..."-- Back cover.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael Neocosmos is Emeritus Professor in Humanities at Rhodes University in South Africa and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute in the United States. He is the author of many articles and short books on development, politics, philosophy, and sociology with reference to Africa. He has written several books including From Foreign Natives to Native foreigners: explaining xenophobia in South Africa (Dakar: Codesria, 2010) and Thinking Freedom in Africa: toward a theory of emancipatory politics (Wits University Press 2016).This last book was awarded the Frantz Fanon Prize by the Caribbean Philosophical Association in 2017. He has just finished editing an Anthology of African Political Thought from Ancient Egypt to the Present to be published by Codesria. He is currently working on a book called The Dialectics of Emancipation and Africa: political theory and political practice to be published by Daraja Press. Michael Neocosmos est professeur émérite en sciences humaines à l'université de Rhodes en Afrique du Sud et professeur associé à l'université de Connecticut aux États Unis. Il est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages dont From Foreign Natives to Native foreigners : explaining xenophobia in South Africa (Dakar: Codesria, 2010) et Thinking Freedom in Africa: toward a theory of emancipatory politics (Wits University Press 2016).Ce dernier a reçu le prix Frantz Fanon de l'Association Philosophique des Caraïbes. Il vient de terminer une anthologie de la pensée politique africaine depuis l'Égypte ancienne à nos jours pour le Codesria. Il travaille sur un livre intitulé The Dialectics of Emancipation and Africa: political theory and political practice pour Daraja Press.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Codesria
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 2869783078
• ISBN 13: 9782869783072
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 188
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: preigu; mail@preigu.de; ; Lengericher Landstr. 19; Osnabrück; 49078; Deutschland