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Cover 1 Title page, Copyright, About the Book, About the Author, Praise 2 Contents 8 Acknowledgements 10 Conversation Starters 12 An Introduction to Intergenerational Conversations with a Combative Anthropologist 14 Prefatory Comment 48 1. Finding Politics￢ﾀﾦ 50 2. Coming to Anthropology 62 3. UCT in the ￎﾄ70s 74 4. Volkekunde and Academic Apartheid 98 5. Anthropology under Apartheid 108 6. Tradition in Transition 128 7. What￢ﾀﾙs Left? 144 8. Coda 168 Bibliography 174 Back cover 186 Publisher:African Books Collective,Published:2014,ISBN:9789956792887,Related ISBN:9789956792399,Language:English,OCLC:900438546 In the 1980s, the University of Cape Townís social anthropology department was predominantly oriented by an ëexposÈí style of critical scholarship. The enemy was the apartheid state, the ethical imperative was clear and a combative metaphor for doing research motivated the department. Andrew David Spiegel, known affectionately as ëMugsyí by his students and colleagues, has been a central, if understated, figure of this history and helped to frame the theoretical charge of a generation of students looking to counter apartheid from ëinsideí. In a series of interviews between the
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- Author
- Jessica L. Dickson in conversation with Andrew D. Spiegel
- Publisher
- African Books Collective; Langaa RPCIG
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789956792399
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Sociology, Science
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