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3228 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781868 144457 |
| Qualifying information |
Paperback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
RDA |
| Language of cataloging |
English |
| Transcribing agency |
3228 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
320.540968 CHIP |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chipkin, Ivor |
| 9 (RLIN) |
12670 |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Do South Africans exist? : Nationalism, Democracy, and the Identity of the People |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Ivor Chipkin. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Johannesburg : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Wits University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2007. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 261 pages |
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colour illustrations: |
| Dimensions |
22 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Summary: Do South Africans exist? addresses a gap in contemporary studies of nationalism and the nation, providing a critical study of South African nationalisms against the broader context of African nationalism in general. Narratives of resistance, telling of African peoples oppressed and exploited, presume that 'the people' preceded the period of nationalist struggle. This book explores how an African 'people' came into being in the first place, particularly in the South African context, as a collectively organised in pursuit of a political--and not simply cultural--end. The author argues that the nation is a political community whose form is given in relation to the pursuit of democracy and freedom, and that if democratic authority is lodged in 'the people', what matters is the way that this 'people' is defined, delimited and produced. He argues that the nation precedes the state, not because it has always existed, but because it emerges in and through the nationalist struggle for state power. Ultimately, he encourages the reader to re-evaluate knee-jerk judgements about the failure of modernity in Africa.--Book flap. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
Adult |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
South Africa |
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116385 |
| 654 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--FACETED TOPICAL TERMS |
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| Source of heading or term |
Black nationalism Democracy Group identity National characteristics, South African Nationalism Politics and government South Africa Since 1994 |
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130885896 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Ivor Chipkin. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
190891 |
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Book |
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Dewey Decimal Classification |
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12663 |
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Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale |