Between Two Fires
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Between Two Fires

Holding the Liberal Centre in South African Politics

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Between Two Fires

Holding the Liberal Centre in South African Politics

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About This Book

John Kane-Berman is uniquely qualified to look back over the enormous political and social changes that have taken place in his lifetime in this fractious country. In his career as student leader, Rhodes Scholar, newspaperman, independent columnist, commentator, and Chief Executive, for thirty years, of the South Africa Institute of Race Relations, Kane-Berman has been at the coal face of political change in South Africa.The breadth and depth of ideas and events covered in Between Two Fires are striking: the disintegration of apartheid, the chaos of the 'people's war' and its contribution to the broader societal breakdown we see today, the liberal slideaway, the rise of an authoritarian ANC with its racial ideology and revolutionary goals, to mention only a few. It is a book of fizzing ideas.Kane-Berman's willingness to confront received wisdom is thoroughly refreshing, and he is forthright about the threats to freedom, democracy, and growth in contemporary South Africa, many of which he identified even before the ANC came to power. He is equally forthright in putting forward liberal ideas to halt the country's downward slide. Writing, debate, and reasoned argument are Kane-Berman's stock in trade, and his clarity of vision and personal insight have created a memoir of rare candour and absorbing interest.

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Publisher
Jonathan Ball
Year
2017
ISBN
9781868427703
Topic
Politique et relations internationales
Subtopic
Idéologies politiques

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter 1: Home, school, army
  5. Chapter 2: Wits
  6. Chapter 3: Oxford
  7. Chapter 4: Truth to power
  8. Chapter 5: Injustice and absurdity
  9. Chapter 6: A permit for everything
  10. Chapter 7: Soweto, apartheid, and business
  11. Chapter 8: Dreams and nightmares
  12. Chapter 9: Survival
  13. Chapter 10: The silent revolution
  14. Chapter 11: Turmoil in the townships
  15. Chapter 12: Revolution under the rainbow
  16. Chapter 13: Race and redress
  17. Chapter 14: Liberalism for all seasons
  18. Chapter 15: The way forward
  19. About the book
  20. About the author
  21. Imprint page