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The Anxieties of White Supremacy

Hendrik Verwoerd and the Apartheid Mindset
  • Christoph Marx
  • Translated by: Ulrike Kistner
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2024
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Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (1958–1966) is widely regarded as the mastermind of apartheid in South Africa. This study examines how he developed the ideology of racial separation into a comprehensive system. It also looks into Verwoerd’s intellectual development and his academic career before he entered politics. Apartheid was to Verwoerd less a defense of colonialism but a policy for the future, he was an authoritarian modernizer and a true representative of the Age of Extremes.

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Christoph Marx, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

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"Marx’s meticulous analysis of Verwoerd’s scientific oeuvre reveals fascinating insights into the politician’s mindset – his notion of an absolute truth that could be established once and for all through scientific means, his dismissal of emotions, and his uncompromising dogmatism" – Julia Tischler (Universität Basel ) in H-Soz-Kult (19.12.2024), https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-94648.

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"Dem Autor ist ein wichtiger Beitrag zur Geschichte der Apartheid gelungen, deren Ursprünge jetzt genauer geklärt werden müssen." – Eberhard Zimmermann in Das Historisch-Politische Buch 71 (2023) 3–4, 490


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eBook published on:
November 6, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9783110787313
Hardcover published on:
November 6, 2023
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110787269
Paperback published on:
June 30, 2025
Paperback ISBN:
9783112214169
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De Gruyter Oldenbourg
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