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3228 |
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20241023105328.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781770 097759 |
| Terms of availability |
Paperback |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
RDA |
| Language of cataloging |
English |
| Transcribing agency |
3228 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
306.420968 POVE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Gumede, William Mervin |
| 9 (RLIN) |
110770 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The poverty of ideas: |
| Remainder of title |
South African Democracy and the Retreat of Intellectuals |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Auckland Park, South Africa : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Jacana Media, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
2009. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiv, 258 pages |
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colour illustrations: |
| Dimensions |
21 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc. note |
<br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-258) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Summary: "In a country where it has been suggested that the distinction requirements at schools be moved down from 80% to 70%, it is of grave importance that we evaluate the role of knowledge and what significance we attach to it. Do we respect and value the production of knowledge, or is contemporary South African society being 'dumbed down'? And if knowledge is no longer an essential commodity, do we have a need for a 'thinking class'; the intellectuals? Where are our great South African minds? Are they hiding in fear of our society's seeming intolerance of criticism and dissent? Eminent thinkers Leslie Dikeni and William Gumede examine how South African intellectuals have regressed from drivers of change in the Apartheid era to disenchanted ghosts that appear to fear critical engagement in The Poverty of Ideas. This title offers differing but critical evaluations of the responsibility of the progressive intellectual in a new democracy. During the struggle against apartheid intellectuals have spoken out and more often then not influenced the trajectory of events. But it appears that today's intellectuals are paralysed by fear of raising the ire of authority"--Kalahari.net website.<br/><br/> |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
Adult |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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Democracy, Dissenters, Intellectual life, Intellectuals, Political culture, South Africa |
| 651 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
South Africa |
| 9 (RLIN) |
116385 |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
William Gumede & Leslie Dikeni, Jeremy Cronin, Grant Farred, Shireen Hassim, Jonathan D. Jansen, Helga Jansen-Daugbjerg, Mahmood Mamdani, James Matthews, Mandisa Mbali, Prishani Naidoo, Albert Nolan, Dan O'Meara, Vishnu Padayachee |
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190050 |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
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Book |
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12663 |
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Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale |
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12663 |
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Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale |