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020			_a9781770 097759 _cPaperback
040			_aRDA _bEnglish _c3228
082			_a306.420968 POVE
100			_aGumede, William Mervin _9110770
245			_aThe poverty of ideas: _bSouth African Democracy and the Retreat of Intellectuals
260			_aAuckland Park, South Africa : _bJacana Media, _c2009.
300			_a xiv, 258 pages _bcolour illustrations: _c21 cm
504			_a Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-258)
520			_aSummary: "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.
521			_aAdult
650			_2Democracy, Dissenters, Intellectual life, Intellectuals, Political culture, South Africa
651			_aSouth Africa _9116385
700			_aWilliam 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 _9190050
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w12663 _xPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale _y12663 _zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
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