Public intellectuals in South Africa : critical voices from the past /

Public intellectuals in South Africa : critical voices from the past / edited by Chris Broodryk. - 1 online resource (1 volume)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover -- Halftitle -- Title Page -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION The Prismatic Nature of Public Intellectualism -- CHAPTER 1 Recalibrating the Deep History of Intellectual Thought in the KwaZulu-Natal Region -- CHAPTER 2 Elijah Makiwane and Early Black South African Public Intellectualism -- CHAPTER 3 Black Art Criticism in The Bantu World during the 1930s -- CHAPTER 4 In Conversation with the Nation: Sowetan's Maverick Editor Aggrey Klaaste -- CHAPTER 5 William Pretorius and the Public Intellectualism of the Film Critic CHAPTER 6 Cultural Policy and the Arts: Mewa Ramgobin and Public Dialogue -- CHAPTER 7 'Kaalgat Critique': The Public Intellectualism of Koos Roets as Afrikaans Satirist -- CHAPTER 8 The Public Intellectualism of Artivist Mandisi Sindo -- CHAPTER 9 The Janus-Faced Public Intellectual: Dr Thomas Duncan Greenlees at the Institute for Imbecile Children, 1895-1907 -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX

The essays in this volume utilise the idea of public intellectualism as an interpretive prism and activist principle within a historical South African context. They offer fascinating insights into the thought and work of a number of public intellectuals across a range of disciplines - from journalism and arts criticism to history and politics.



9781776146925 9781776146918


Intellectuals--South Africa.
Public opinion--South Africa.


Electronic Books.

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