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020			_a9781868 144457 _qPaperback
040			_aRDA _bEnglish _c3228
082			_a320.540968 CHIP
100			_a Chipkin, Ivor _912670
245		0	_aDo South Africans exist? : Nationalism, Democracy, and the Identity of the People _cIvor Chipkin.
260			_aJohannesburg : _bWits University Press, _c2007.
300			_a ix, 261 pages _bcolour illustrations: _c22 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-249) and index.
520			_aSummary: 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			_aAdult
651			_aSouth Africa _9116385
654			_2Black nationalism Democracy Group identity National characteristics, South African Nationalism Politics and government South Africa Since 1994
690			_2130885896
700			_aIvor Chipkin. _9190891
942			_cBOOK _2ddc _y12663 _zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
999			_c81121 _d81120