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Title:The contribution of radical Western Cape intellectuals to an indigenous knowledge project in South Africa
Author:Soudien, CrainISNI
Year:2011
Periodical:Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa (ISSN 0258-7696)
Issue:76
Pages:44-66
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:intellectuals
indigenous knowledge
race relations
About persons:Ben Kies
Neville AlexanderISNI
External link:https://muse.jhu.edu/article/461824
Abstract:This paper explores the contours and scope of the thinking around race and identity of the theorists associated with the nonracial movement that evolved amongst Cape Town intellectuals in the 1930s and that continues to inform the political and cultural work of contemporary scholars and activists. The paper focuses on their political, social and broader cultural work in order to pose the question about the possibility of the emergence of an indigenous knowledge theory, what the Australian social theorist Raewyn Connell (2007) calls a 'Southern Theory'. With this in mind, the paper explores the theoretical contributions of Ben Kies and Neville Alexander as a first step. It investigates the relevance of these theoretical views for the current challenges faced in South African education. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [ASC Leiden abstract]
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