The re-emergence of debates on the decolonisation of knowledge has revived interest in the National Question, which began over a century ago and remains unresolved. Tensions that were suppressed and hidden in the past are now being openly debated. Despite this, the goal of one united nation living prosperously under a constitutional democracy remains elusive. This edited volume examines the way in which various strands of left thought have addressed the National Question, especially during the apartheid years, and goes on to discuss its relevance for South Africa today and in the future. Instead of imposing a particular understanding of the National Question, the editors identified a number of political traditions and allowed contributors the freedom to define the question as they believed appropriate – in other words, to explain what they thought was the Unresolved National Question. This has resulted in a rich tapestry of interweaving perceptions. The volume is structured in two parts. The first examines four foundational traditions: Marxism-Leninism (the Colonialism of a Special Type thesis); the Congress tradition; the Trotskyist tradition; and Africanism. The second part explores the various shifts in the debate from the 1960s onwards, and includes chapters on Afrikaner nationalism, ethnic issues, black consciousness, feminism, workerism and constitutionalism. The editors hope that by revisiting the debates not popularly known among the scholarly mainstream, this volume will become a catalyst for an enriched debate on our identity and our future.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
Preface: Edward Webster and Karin Pampallis
Introduction: Revisiting the National Question — Edward Webster and John Mawbey
Part One: Key Foundational Traditions
Chapter 1: Decentring the Question of Race: Critical Reflections on Colonialism of a Special Type — Jeremy Cronin and Alex Mohubetswane Mashilo
Chapter 2: The African National Congress: Social Democratic Thinking and the Good Society, 1940–1962 — Robert van Niekerk
Chapter 3: Oliver Tambo and the National Question — Luli Callinicos
Chapter 4: The Unity Movement and the National Question — Basil Brown, Mallet Pumelele Giyose, Hamilton Petersen, Charles Thomas and Allan Zinn
Chapter 5: The Africanist Turn in South African National Question Discourses — Siphamandla Zondi
Part Two: Continuity and Rupture
Chapter 6: Vicissitudes of the National Question: Afrikaner Style — T. Dunbar Moodie
Chapter 7: Neville Alexander and the National Question — Enver Motala and Salim Vally
Chapter 8: The Marxist Workers’ Tendency of the African National Congress — Martin Legassick
Chapter 9: The National Question confronts the Ethnic Question — Gerhard Maré
Chapter 10: Variations on a Zulu Theme — Ari Sitas
Chapter 11: Black Consciousness as Nationalism of a Special Type — Xolela Mangcu
Chapter 12: Postponing the National Question: Feminism and the Women’s Movement — Shireen Hassim
Chapter 13: Workerists and the National Question — Alec Erwin
Chapter 14: Red, Black and Gold: FOSATU, South African ‘Workerism’, Syndicalism and the Nation — Sian Byrne, Nicole Ulrich and Lucien van der Walt
Chapter 15: National Democratic Revolution meets Constitutional Democracy — Daryl Glaser
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Jeremy Cronin is a writer, author, and noted poet. A longtime activist in politics, Cronin is a member of the South African Communist Party and a member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress.
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