Suchergebnisse

Der historisch angelegte Grundsatzbeitrag verfolgt die Entwicklung von Ideologie und Mythenbildung der herrschenden Buren von den Ursprüngen calvinistischer Dogmatiker des 17. Jahrhunderts bis Gründung der 'Afrikaner Weerstandsbewegung' (AWB) durch Eugene Terreblanche. Im historischen Kontext werden politische, religiöse und sprachliche Faktoren berücksichtigt. (DÜI-Wsl)

Contemporary Afrikaner ideology has its origins in traditional Boer beliefs. It is based upon an interpretation of History, the religious vision of the Dutch Reformed Churches, and a specific language, Afrikaans. This political culture first appeared as a reaction against British imperialism throughout the XIXth century, resulting in the forming of a strong nationalism which in the XXth century will triumph with the institutionalization of racial segregation. Nowadays, the Afrikaner community is experiencing the most dramatic crisis of its history. Its traditional values and institutions, which meet growing criticism from the Black population and from a fraction of the white constituents as well, seem to be unable to cope with the deep changes occurring in South Africa. Threatened by dissolution, the Afrikaner nation is looking for patterns it has yet to invent.

L'objet du present ouvrage est de montrer comment, en Afrique du Sud, sous le regime de l'apartheid, ce qui est dit etre la "tradition" est interprete, perverti, et meme invente pour enferme les populations soumises a la discrimination dans des conditions economiques, sociales et politiques alienantes et aussi comment reagissent ces populations, positivement ou negativement