‘The Weakness of Some’: The Dutch Reformed Church and White Supremacy

Giliomée, Hermann

doi:10.7833/83-0-880

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“…Whether envisaged at the time or not, the consequences of this 'Stockenstrom decision' in effect paved the way for segregation in the NGK more broadly. (See Giliomee, 2003;Ritner, 1967). By the 1980s, landholding had consolidated into very large farms, and Nel (2015, p. 81) shows the number of farm owners dwindling from 348 in 1959 to 56 in 2015.…”

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Decolonising Schools in South Africa

Christie¹

2020

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This book explores the challenge of dismantling colonial schooling and how entangled power relations of the past have lingered in post-apartheid South Africa.It examines the 'on the ground' history of colonialism from the vantage point of a small town in the Karoo region, showing how patterns of possession and dispossession have played out in the municipality and schools. Using the strong political and ontological critique of decoloniality theories, the book demonstrates the ways in which government interventions over many years have allowed colonial relations and the construction of racialised differences to linger in new forms, including unequal access to schooling. Written in an accessible style, the book considers how the dream of decolonial schooling might be realised, from the vantage point of research on the margins. This Karoo region also offers an interesting case study as the site where the world's largest radio telescope was recently located and highlights the contrasting logics of international 'big science' and local development needs. This book will be of interest to academics and scholars in the education field as well as to social geographers, sociologists, human geographers, historians, and policy makers.

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Decolonising Schools in South Africa

Christie¹

2020

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“…Recently, strident arguments about Nazi influence have centred around Eugen Fischer's influence in Stellenbosch University (Robins, 2016:273-274), but arguments about Nazi influence have been long and vociferous (Dubow, 1995(Dubow, , 2015Duffy, 2006;Durham & Power, 2010;Furlong, 2003Furlong, , 2005Furlong, , 2010Giliomee, 2000Giliomee, , 2003aGiliomee, , 2003bGiliomee, , 2008Giliomee, , 2012Grundlingh, 1990). Most of these are not from an historical political perspective but are post hoc arguments, insults and defences against same in light of post-war knowledge of outcomes.…”

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“…By 1941, the nationalists were openly discussing the Boer Race (Sparks, 1990:42) and Prof. Geoff Cronjé was talking of religious race-determination (Bunting, 1964:97). Due to the strong influence of the Dutch Church (Giliomee, 2003b;Ritner, 1967), Nazi-style eugenics was not adopted in South Africa as it had been in segregationist America or Germany (Larson, 1995). Other ideas such as the anti-materialism and anti-individualism of early Nazi thought, strongly appealed to the NP with their ideal of the selfless Boer (Noer, 1985:44).…”

Section: Post-world War I Social Experiments In Europementioning

confidence: 99%