Afrikaners in the new South Africa: identity politics in a globalised economy

Abstract

Acknowledgements Preface 1. Rebuilding the Future or Revisiting the Past? Introduction A political economy of post-apartheid Afrikaner identity Theorising identity in a global era 2. The Afrikaner Nationalist Project Appropriating the past: The development of an Afrikaner identity Moving towards consensus A volk in retreat? The nationalist project unravels A class apart: The maturation of Afrikaner capital 3. The Nature of Consensus in the 'New' South Africa Consolidating dominance? The shape of the new hegemonic order Neo-liberal orthodoxy and the capital transition. Connecting with the global consensus Compromise on the domestic front An African Renaissance? 4. Contemporary Manifestations of Afrikaner Identity in an Era of Increasing Globalisation Rethinking the cultural: The future of the Afrikaner past The politics of transformation The new discourse of minority rights The culture industry The rise of a globalised capital consensus 5. The 'Logic of the Local' in Contemporary Afrikaner Identity Politics The local tradition in Afrikaner nationalist politics An alternative Afrikanerdom? Recreating the cultural: New visions of Afrikaans Reorienting the local: Politics at the provincial level 6. Renewing the Consensus in a Post-Apartheid Era? Bibliography Index.