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OverviewAs we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century, South Africa continues to function under the oppressive burden – felt directly as such by all but the elite – of three continuities from apartheid: race thinking, capitalism and the politics of tradition. It is the last of this triad that is the focus of this book. Yet, as Gerhard Maré argues, continuities in the politics of tradition cannot be understood as separable from the other two, nor from the intimate metapolitics of patriarchy. Building on his previous research into how apartheid templates of ethnic separatism, and its popular mobilisations, played out in calamitous violence in Natal and Zululand, Maré now takes the story into post-1994 South Africa. He sets as his focus three powerful men – Goodwill Zwelithini, Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Jacob Zuma – to illustrate how, from different social locations, each has relied on claims to Zulu tradition to occupy powerful and financially rewarding positions. This book alerts readers to the dangers of tradition as a formal, structured politics, which enriches a narrowly elite minority while overriding democratic rights, effecting a ‘state of exception’ for the governance of millions who are rendered as ‘subjects’. At the same time, tradition in this form leaves intact another divide, at a time when health disasters, inequality and climate catastrophe can be addressed only through shared and collective human engagement. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gerhard MaréPublisher: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press Imprint: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9781869144562ISBN 10: 1869144562 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 01 August 2020 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationGerhard Maré is an emeritus professor at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. During his tenure, he served as chair of Sociology, director of the Centre for Industrial, Organisational and Labour Studies and he was founding director of the Centre for Critical Research on Race and Identity. He is the author, most recently, of the award-winning Declassified: Moving beyond the Dead End of Race in South Africa. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |