Waardes as kultuuraspek van die Afrikaner = Values as a cultural aspect of the Afrikaner

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Title:	Waardes as kultuuraspek van die Afrikaner = Values as a cultural aspect of the Afrikaner
Author:	Van der Merwe, J.P.
Year:	2008
Periodical:	Tydskrif vir geesteswetenskappe
Volume:	48
Issue:	3
Pages:	357-373
Language:	Afrikaans
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	Afrikaners values identity
Abstract:	Values are used in this article as a point of departure in an attempt to shed light on the culture and identity of Afrikaners in South Africa in the pre-1994 context, as well as in the post-1994 context. The article first discusses the concept of 'values' and the way in which this concept links up with culture and identity. Then it examines how the transformation of South African society and the effects of globalization and postmodernism have heralded the advent of the era of nihilism for the Afrikaners and placed their dominant (Christian) values under pressure. The article verifies W.A. De Klerk's (1979) remark that if everything associated with Christianity is rejected, watered down, or pushed aside, the core of the Afrikaner outlook on life will be endangered. Bibliogr., notes, sum. in English and Afrikaans, text in Afrikaans. [ASC Leiden abstract]