TY - BOOK AU - Broodryk,Chris TI - Public intellectuals in South Africa: critical voices from the past SN - 9781776146925 AV - HM728 .P835 2021 KW - Intellectuals KW - South Africa KW - Public opinion KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b N2 - 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 UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2703890&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -