Predicaments of Culture in South Africa

Jamal, not further identified, aspires to think in and through a system of oppression that still dominates and disfigures cultural production and reception in South Africa. He identifies three claimants on the South African imaginary--fatalism, positivism, and relativism--and rejects all three, arguing that the path ahead is uncharted and that people have the strength and wisdom to blaze it. Co-published by Brill. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)