The phenomenon of philosophy in Afrikaans: On Pieter Duvenage’s Afrikaanse filosofie : perspektiewe en dialoë
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2018
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Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust
Abstract
The year 2016 saw the publication of Afrikaanse filosofie: Perspektiewe en dialoë
(Afrikaans Philosophy: Perspectives and Dialogues) (Bloemfontein: SUN Press,
ISBN: 9781920382780) by Pieter Duvenage, an attempt to trace the development over
the last 100 years of (apparently) philosophy practised in the Afrikaans language.
Duvenage is not the first to map the history of this philosophy, but he is the first to do
so through engaging in dialogue with the philosophers in question (and not simply
through writing about them) and through focusing specifically on its development at a
number of mainly Afrikaans universities. I elaborate on the strengths and weaknesses
of Duvenage’s book and end by exploring the sense in which “Afrikaans” philosophy
qualifies as “African” philosophy (an issue Duvenage neglects), thus becoming, not a
target of decolonization and Africanization, but a vehicle thereof.
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CITATION: Louw, D. J. 2018. The phenomenon of philosophy in Afrikaans: On Pieter Duvenage’s Afrikaanse filosofie : perspektiewe en dialoë. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 4(2):777-797, doi:10.17570/stj.2018.v4n2.r01.
The original publication is available at http://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za
The original publication is available at http://ojs.reformedjournals.co.za
Keywords
Philosophy -- South Africa, Afrikaners, Group identity -- South Africa, South Africa -- History -- 20th century, South Africa -- History -- 20th century, Duvenage, Pieter
Citation
Louw, D. J. 2018. The phenomenon of philosophy in Afrikaans: On Pieter Duvenage’s Afrikaanse filosofie : perspektiewe en dialoë. Stellenbosch Theological Journal, 4(2):777-797, doi:10.17570/stj.2018.v4n2.r01