Richard Turner's contribution to a socialist political culture In South Africa 1968-1978

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dc.contributor.advisorMesthrie, Uma
dc.contributor.authorKeniston, William Hemingway
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Arts
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-03T13:13:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-26T06:48:47Z
dc.date.available2011/03/08 08:45
dc.date.available2011/04/19
dc.date.available2013-09-03T13:13:15Z
dc.date.available2024-03-26T06:48:47Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.descriptionMagister Artium - MAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis evaluates Turner's capacity to encourage a shift in white politics towards New Left radicalism. Despite Turner's influence on many, tensions arose between Turner's politics and more orthodox forms of socialism, embodied in unions and in vanguard parties. The socialist political culture which developed after his death was driven by leaders who were determined to build organizations that could meet tangible, short-term goals. What was lost in abandoning 'the necessity of utopian thinking' as outlined by Turner? Eclipsed through banning and assassination, and simultaneously marginalized by doctrinaire Marxism, Turner's work has yet to take its proper place in the history of liberation struggle in South Africa. This thesis aims to revive Turner's discourse by re-engaging with the utopian elements of his thought, making them available for our present political climate.en_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10566/9732
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectPolitics and governmenten_US
dc.subjectEconomic conditionsen_US
dc.subjectRace relationsen_US
dc.subjectSocialismen_US
dc.titleRichard Turner's contribution to a socialist political culture In South Africa 1968-1978en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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