The Anxieties of White Supremacy - Hendrik Verwoerd and the Apartheid Mindset

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.

About the author

Christoph Marx, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Christoph Marx
• Assisted by: Ulrike Kistner (Translation)
• Publisher: Oldenbourg
• Original title: Trennung und Angst. Hendrik Verwoerd und die Gedankenwelt der Apartheid
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2023
• EAN: 9783110787269
• ISBN: 978-3-11-078726-9
• No. of pages: 580
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 47 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 1133 g
• Series: Africa in Global History
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History