scholarly journals Racism and the Marginality of African Philosophy in South Africa

Phronimon ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 204-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndumiso Dladla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
African Philosophy ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Western Education ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contemporary Context

The following article begins with a brief discussion on the continuity of white supremacy in South Africa, despite wide attempts by the institutions of opinion (public discourse, journalism and academe) to represent the present time as non-racial or post-racial. After a discussion of the contemporary context the focus turns specifically to the relevance of race and racism to philosophy and the implications this has for African philosophy in particular. The article then briefly examines the history of Western education and the practice of philosophy in South Africa from the point of view of African philosophy and its marginality in South Africa. 

scholarly journals A Global Critical Race and Racism Framework: Racial Entanglements and Deep and Malleable Whiteness

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle Christian
Keyword(s):  
White Supremacy ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
First Century ◽  
Critical Race ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
State Economy ◽  
Global Linkages ◽  
History Of ◽  
Core Components

Twenty years after Bonilla-Silva developed the analytic components of a structural race perspective and called for “comparative work on racialization in various societies,” U.S.-centric race theory continues to be mostly rooted in a U.S. focus. What is missing is a framework that explores race and racism as a modern global project that takes shape differently in diverse structural and ideological forms across all geographies but is based in global white supremacy. Drawing from Bonilla-Silva’s national racialized social systems approach, global South scholars, and critical race scholars in the world-systems tradition, the author advances a global critical race and racism framework that highlights two main areas: (1) core components that include the “state,” “economy,” “institutions,” and “discourses” and “representations,” as divided by “racist structure” and “racist ideology” and shaped by the “history” of and current forms of transnational racialization and contemporary “global” linkages, and (2) the production of deep and malleable global whiteness. With this framework, both the permanence and flexibility of racism across the globe can be seen, in all its overt, invisible, and insidious forms, that ultimately sustains global white supremacy in the twenty-first century.

Make Indigenes Unconscious of Whiteness: A Response to Green, Sonn, and Matsebula

2007 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kopano Ratele
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Whiteness Studies ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Black Subjectivity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Entire History ◽  
White Person ◽  
History Of Race

Green, Sonn, and Matsebula (2007) present a useful review of studies that theorise, research, and suggest possibilities of looking at race and racism through the lens of whiteness. In the process, however, they elide some intriguing specifics of the history of race in South Africa, such as that in the entire history of the race classification board there were no instances of any African turning white or of any white person changing into the category of African. By placing the focus on white rather than black subjectivity, whiteness studies runs the risk of drawing attention away, not only from the suffering, but also from the resilience, beauty, and love, that arises, for indigenous people, out of a history of oppression and solidarity.

scholarly journals The history of the development of ballroom choreography in the Republic of South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetiana Pavliuk
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Government Support ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Ballroom Dancing ◽  
Dance Culture ◽  
African Experience ◽  
Ballroom Dance ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic

The purpose of the article is to analyze trends in the development of ballroom choreography in the Republic of South Africa. Research methodology is an organic set of basic principles of research: objectivity, historicism, multifactorial, systematicity, complexity, development, and pluralism, and to achieve the goal, the following methods of scientific knowledge are used: problem-chronological, concrete historical, statistical, descriptive, logical- analytical. Scientific Novelty. An attempt was made to research the topical issues of the history of the development of ballroom choreography in the Republic of South Africa. Conclusions. The versatility of the choreoplastic language of ballroom dance leads to the fact that even in those regions where ballroom choreography was historically regarded as the art of outsiders (conquerors and colonizers), which contradicts local artistic and aesthetic traditions, ballroom dancing becomes a part of the local dance culture. In addition, it is the ballroom choreography that is the very integrative element that connects local cultures that are quite far from Western thinking with the global worldview system. International cooperation between amateur dancers and professionals is promising in terms of cultural interaction and exchange of experience in the field of choreographic art. In general, the analysis of the African experience allows us to conclude that after passing through the stage of a kind of "nationalization" and adaptation by local ethics and aesthetics, ballroom choreography organically merges into the system of organizing leisure time, scenic screen art, and sports. To date, from the point of view of the development of ballroom choreography for Africa, only the overcoming of economic difficulties remains relevant. In the context of government support, ballroom choreography functions as an important resource for recovery, education, socialization of the population; it is able to fit into the national system of education, leisure, culture, and sports in the vast majority of African countries. Keywords: ballroom choreography, ballroom dance, competition dance.  

South Africa, philosophy in

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Duvenage
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
African Philosophy ◽  
The South ◽  
Analytical Philosophy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
British Idealism

Although it is incorrect to refer to an independent South African philosophical tradition, South Africa is nevertheless the location of an interesting history of philosophical institutionalization. This institutionalization is closely intertwined with the colonial and postcolonial history of Western expansion (Dutch and English) and the reactions it unleashed within the South African context. It is especially interesting to trace the influence and the application of Anglo-American and continental origins in South Africa. Even in contemporary South Africa, philosophers who are working in fields such as postmodernism, postcolonialism, feminism and analytical philosophy do so mostly under the influence of contexts beyond South Africa’s borders. After the early Dutch influence in South Africa (1652–1806) a British colonial educational system emerged during the nineteenth century. From the first institutions of higher education (the South African College in Cape Town, and the University of the Cape of Good Hope) the first tertiary institutions emerged in the early part of the twentieth century at Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Witwatersrand (Johannesburg) and Pretoria. Although other universities were subsequently instituted, these four can be considered the four founding residential universities in South Africa. It is also at these universities (and at Colleges in Grahamstown, Bloemfontein, Durban and Pietermaritzburg) that British idealism had a major influence on the early stages of South African philosophy (1873–1940). Against this background figures such as Fremantle (Cape Town), Walker (Stellenbosch), Hoernlé (Johannesburg), Lord (Grahamstown) and Macfadyen (Pretoria) were instrumental. From the 1930s the hegemony of British idealism was challenged by analytical philosophy (mainly at English-speaking South African universities) and continental traditions (mainly at Afrikaans-speaking universities). Since the political transformation of South Africa (1994) African philosophy has also emerged as a major philosophical tradition. The challenge for philosophy in contemporary South Africa is to explore those intellectual traditions that have shaped philosophy in South Africa, to know where they are coming from and to understand how they were transformed under (post)colonial conditions. Such a (genealogical) perspective provides a historical and material corrective to arguments that might otherwise strive to reconcile cultural values and ideas in an apolitical and ahistorical manner.

scholarly journals Krimpsiekte in South Africa: Historical perspectives

2013 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christo J. Botha
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Disease Entity ◽  
Sheep And Goats ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Historical Perspectives ◽  
Veterinary Surgeon ◽  
History Of ◽  
First Time

Krimpsiekte, also known as cotyledonosis or nentain sheep and goats, has been recognised as a disease entity since 1775. However, it was only in 1891 that Veterinary Surgeon Soga reproduced the condition by dosing Cotyledon (= Tylecodon) ventricosus leaves to goats. Professor MacOwan, a botanist, confirmed the identity of these nenta plants. From a South African veterinary toxicological point of view the date 1891 is of considerable historical significance as this was the first time that a plant was experimentally demonstrated to be toxic to livestock in South Africa. A chronological account of the history of krimpsiekte research is provided.

scholarly journals A brief history of equine private practice in South Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
C.H.B. Marlow
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Crimean War ◽  
Boer War ◽  
European Settlement ◽  
Horse Breeding ◽  
History Of ◽  
Import And Export ◽  
Equine Industry

Horse breeding in South Africa started in 1652, shortly after the 1st European settlement in the Cape. African horsesickness posed a serious problem and after a devastating outbreak of the disease in 1719, horses were largely replaced by oxen for agricultural and transport purposes but remained important from a sporting and military point of view. Examples of the latter are the export of horses for military use to India in the mid-19th century and for use in the Crimean War in 1854, reaching a zenith in the Anglo-Boer war in which an estimated 450 000 horses succumbed. Research and disease control and initially also health services were the responsibility of state veterinary authorities. Private equine practice was pioneered by Jack Boswell in the late 1930s, mainly involving race horses and Thoroughbred studs as part of a general practice. Specialised equine private practices were only initiated 10 years later and developed further during the 2nd half of the 20th century. These developments are described in some detail, including resumés of the veterinarians involved, clinical challenges encountered, scientific advances as well as developments in the equine industry with the emphasis on Thoroughbreds and the racing community. The regulatory environment, especially regarding the import and export of horses, and the role of various organisations and associations are also briefly discussed.

The Prehistory of The History of Mary Prince: Thomas Pringle's "The Bechuana Boy"

2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Shum
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Slave Narrative ◽  
Moral Sentiments ◽  
Mary Prince ◽  
History Of ◽  
Central Argument ◽  
Anglo American ◽  
Female Slave ◽  
Native Informant

Thomas Pringle, a Scottish journalist and poet, is best known to Anglo-American scholarship for his role as editor of the first black female slave narrative to be published in Britain, The History of Mary Prince (1834). Pringle had lived in the Cape Colony from 1820 to 1826, however, and produced an important body of work that is not well known outside South Africa. The central argument of this essay is that the poem "The Bechuana Boy" (first published in 1830) has not yet been recognized as a significant precursor text of the History, even though it helps us locate the narrative as informed by a structure of thought already present in Pringle's work. I examine in particular the way in which the poem engages the notion of sympathy, especially as this derives from Adam Smith's conceptualization in The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Such metropolitan notions meet their limits in the colonized subject, who may only access the circuits of sympathy by divesting himself of indigenous selfhood. In comparing "The Bechuana Boy" and The History of Mary Prince, I draw attention to shared structural and thematic features and elaborate on the affinities between these works despite their generic and other differences. The essay concludes by offering a further brief comparison between the History and Olaudah Equiano's Interesting Narrative (1789). Working with Gayatri Spivak's notion of the "native informant," I argue that the works under examination display similarities in their understanding of the protocols governing the admission of the native informant to mainstream public discourse.

scholarly journals The idolatry of white supremacy in church and society? Some reflections on Black Theology of Liberation in present-day South Africa in memoriam of Vuyani Vellem

2020 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rothney S. Tshaka
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Black People ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Black Theology ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
Church And Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Black Life ◽  
Scholarly Contribution ◽  
Theology Of Liberation

In remembering Vuyani Vellem, this paper delves into his scholarship, a scholarship that admittedly exudes his activism in academia, church and society. Choosing intentionally the marginalised as the primary interlocutors in discourse, Vellem demonstrates that he is situated in the arena of those who are otherwise seen as the wretched of the earth, insisting that Black Theology of Liberation must engage in a praxis that centres the lived experiences of black people and creates for itself legacies that would attest to Black Theology of Liberation as a formidable hermeneutic that recognises the sanctity of black life in a context of the prevalence of white supremacy. It notes however that a history of colonisation and subjugation has wrecked the humanity of black people, and as a result, a contract with black people becomes essential on this path towards the total emancipation of black people in South Africa and the world.Contribution: The scholarly contribution of this article is its focus on the systematic and practical reflection, within a paradigm in which the intersection of religious studies, social sciences and humanities generate an interdisciplinary contested discourse.

Here is a Table: A Philosophical Essay on History and Race in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ndumiso Dladla
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Life ◽  
Historical Study ◽  
African Philosophy ◽  
Philosophical Essay ◽  
The Status

Our understanding of racism is that it is the systematic doubt concerning the humanity of the other. It is a means to an end, namely, to pursue the dehumanisation of the other for one’s sole and exclusive benefit. The doubt is in itself ethically indefensible. Yet, it ultimately acquires the status of an incontrovertible truth around which economic and political life is organised and conducted. This has been and continues to be the reality in South Africa today. The hypothesis of this book is that a philosophical-historical study of racism will reveal that it has only ever been and continues to be white supremacy. In South Africa the actuality of the doubt is that it has always arisen from one side (“whiteness”) and directed itself against the other (“blackness”). Our purpose is to show that racism properly speaking is white supremacy and that it cannot be properly understood without African philosophy.

NEM CLIMA NEM RAÇA: A VISÃO MÉDICO-SOCIAL DO ACADÊMICO JULIANO MOREIRA SOBRE A “SÍFILIS MALIGNA PRECOCE”.

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 432-465
Author(s):  
Ronaldo Ribeiro Jacobina
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Race And Racism ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Early Access ◽  
Ethnic Consciousness ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
Phd Thesis ◽  
De Medicina ◽  
Clinical Cases

NEM CLIMA NEM RAÇA: A VISÃO MÉDICO-SOCIAL DO ACADÊMICO JULIANO MOREIRA SOBRE A “SÍFILIS MALIGNA PRECOCE”. Neither climate nor race: Undergraduate Juliano Moreira’s medical-social vision about the “Early Malignant Syphilis” Ni clima ni raza: visión médico-social del académico Juliano Moreira en el “sífilis malo precocious”.   Resumo Estudo da obra inaugural do dermatologista/psiquiatra Juliano Moreira(JM), com base nos princípios da moderna historiografia. Objetivo: analisar sua tese doutoral sobre a influência do clima e da raça na malignidade e precocidade da sífilis. Inicialmente, é feita breve discussão sobre história da sífilis. Depois, descrição e análise da tese “Etiologia da sífilis maligna precoce”, do acadêmico JM aos 18 anos. A obra centra-se nos determinantes da maior freqüência e gravidade da sífilis, examinando duas teses hegemônicas na época: clima quente e determinação racial. O formando apresenta revisão bibliográfica em que revela domínio de seis idiomas e ilustra seu trabalho com casos clínicos. JM enfatiza o “terreno”, fatores que debilitam o hospedeiro, desde doenças associadas à sífilis, idade, gravidez/puerpério e os determinantes sociais, como higiene, condições de trabalho e acesso precoce ao tratamento. Em relação ao clima, faz minuciosa análise das zonas isotérmicas (fria-temperada-quente-tórrida), encontrando variações que a temperatura não explica. Revela consciência étnica ao enfrentar o preconceito, caucionado no discurso científico, da inferioridade biológica da ‘raça negra’, e, numa visão médico-social, identifica maior frequência e “malignidade” nas classes sociais subalternas. Constata-se cuidado metodológico, revisão detalhada/crítica, mas, sobretudo, originalidade na discussão dos estudos e dos casos observados, com reflexões de evidente contemporaneidade.   Palavras-chave: Raça e Racismo; Saúde e Clima; Medicina social; Sífilis - História; História da Medicina - Bahia, Brasil; Tese doutoral; Faculdade de Medicina - Bahia.     This article highlights the inaugural work of the dermatologist and psychiatrist Juliano Moreira(JM), based on the principles of modern historiography. The objective is to analyze his doctoral thesis about the influence of climate and race in malignancy of early syphilis. Initially, there is a brief discussion of the history of syphilis. It is then described and analyzed the thesis "Etiology of early malignant syphilis", written by JM at 18 years old. The study focuses on the determinants of greater frequency and severity of syphilis by examining two hegemonic theories in that period: the warm climate and racial determination. The student presents a literature review which reveals his dominion over six languages, and illustrates his work with a dozen clinical cases. JM emphasizes the "ground" factors that weaken the host from diseases associated with syphilis, ages, pregnancy/puerperium and social determinants, such as hygiene, working conditions and early access to treatment. Regarding climate, he makes a thorough analysis of isothermal zones (cold-temperate-hot-torrid), finding variations that cannot be explain by temperature. Reveals ethnic consciousness in the face of the prejudice of his time, that was secured in scientific discourse of the biological inferiority of blacks, and a social-medical point of view that identifies the greater frequency and "malignancy" on issues related to different social classes. A profound methodological care is found in his work, detailed review and critique, but above all the originality in the discussion of studies and clinical cases observed, with clear reflections of contemporaneity.     Keywords: Race and Racism, Health and Climate, social-medicine, Syphilis - History, History of Medicine - Bahia, Brazil, PhD Thesis, School of Medicine - Bahia.   Estudio de la obra inaugural del dermatologista/psiquiatra Juliano Moreira(JM), con base en los principios de la moderna historiografia. Objetivo: analizar su tesis doutoral sobre la influencia del clima y de la raza en la malignidade y precocidade de la sífilis. Después, descripción y análisis de la tesis “Etiologia de la sífilis maligna precoce”, del académico JM a los 18 años. La obra se centra en los determinantes de la mayor frecuencia y gravedad de la sífilis, examinando dos tesis hegemônicas en la época: clima caliente y determinación racial. Lo formando presenta repaso bibliográfico en que revela dominio de seis idiomas e ilustra su trabajo con casos clínicos. JM enfatiza lo “terreno”, factores que debilitan el azafato, desde enfermedades asociadas a la sífilis, edad, embarazo/puerpério y los determinantes sociales, como higiene, condiciones de trabajo y acceso precoce al tratamiento. En relación al clima, hace minuciosa análisis de las zonas isotérmicas (fría-revenida-caliente-tórrida), encontrando variaciones que la temperatura no explica. Revela conciencia étnica al enfrentar el prejuicio, caucionado en el discurso científico, de la inferioridade biológica de la ‘raza negra’, y, en una visión médico-social, identifica mayor frecuencia y malignidade en las clases sociales subalternas. Se constata cuidado metodológico, repaso detallado/crítica, pero, sobre todo, originalidad en la discusión de los estudios y de los casos observados, con reflexiones de evidente contemporaneidade.   Palabras clave: Raza y Racismo; Salud y Clima; Medicina social; Sífilis - Historia; Historia de la Medicina - Bahia, Brasil; Tesis doutoral; Facultad de Medicina - Bahia  

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