• THE ANXIETIES OF WHITE SUPREMACY, Hendrik Verwoerd and the apartheid mindset, translated by Ulrike Kistner

THE ANXIETIES OF WHITE SUPREMACY, Hendrik Verwoerd and the apartheid mindset, translated by Ulrike Kistner

: Marx (C.)

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580pp., paperback, First English Language Edition, Africa Sun Media, Stellenbosch, 2024 

ISBN: 9781998951673

 

First published in German in 2020.

This study examines how South African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (1958–1966), widely regarded as the mastermind of apartheid, developed the ideology of racial separation into a comprehensive system and a policy for the future by exploring his intellectual development and his academic career before he entered politics.

"Marx’s meticulous analysis of Verwoerd’s scientific oeuvre reveals fascinating insights into the politician’s mindset – his notion of an absolute truth that could be established once and for all through scientific means, his dismissal of emotions, and his uncompromising dogmatism" Julia Tischler, University of Basel

Christoph Marx is Professor of Non-European History at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.