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South Africa, settler colonialism and the failures of liberal democracy
Thiven Reddy shows how conventional approaches to understanding democratization have failed to capture the complexities of South Africa's post-Apartheid transition. Rather, as a product of imperial expansion, the South African state, capitalism and citizen identities have been uniquely shaped by a particular mode of domination, namely settler colonialism. An important work that sheds light on the nature of modernity, democracy and the complex politics of contemporary South Africa.
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Modernity: civil society, political society and the vulnerable -- The limits of the conventional paradigm,modernity and South African democracy -- The Fanonian paradigm, settler colonialism and South African democracy -- The colonial state and settler-colonial modernism -- Nationalism, ANC and domination without hegemony -- Elites, masses and democratic change -- Crisis of the national modern: democracy, the state and ANC dominance -- Conclusion -- References -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-205) and index.