Pitfalls of a profession : Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective
| dc.contributor.author | Grundlingh, Albert | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-07T07:54:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-07T07:54:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
| dc.description | CITATION: Grundlingh, A. 2020. Pitfalls of a profession : Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective, in Jansen, J. & Walters, C. (eds). 2020. Fault lines : a primer on race, science and society. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480495/05. | |
| dc.description | The original publication is available at https://africansunmedia.store.it.si/za | |
| dc.description.abstract | From about the 1930s until late into the twentieth century, professional historical writing in Afrikaner circles was closely linked to the universities, and the universities in turn played a significant role in promoting the wider nationalist enterprise. History was regarded as a crucial discipline: the past was needed to legitimate the present. In an influential text written in 1941 on Afrikaans universities, the importance of the past was emphasised in near-religious terms: the “calling” and “destination” of the Afrikaner people were predetermined by their past and the “volk” therefore had a duty to honour and obey the sanctity of that past. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | |
| dc.format.extent | 9 pages | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Grundlingh, A. 2020. Pitfalls of a profession : Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective, in Jansen, J. & Walters, C. (eds). 2020. Fault lines : a primer on race, science and society. Stellenbosch: SUN PReSS, doi:10.18820/9781928480495/05. | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-928480-48-8 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-1-928480-49-5 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | doi:10.18820/9781928480495/05 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/109741 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_ZA | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | African Sun Media | |
| dc.rights.holder | African Sun Media | |
| dc.rights.holder | Authors retain copyright | |
| dc.subject | Research -- Moral and ethical aspects -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Science -- Social aspects -- South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Historiography | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Pitfalls of a profession : Afrikaner historians and the notion of an "objective-scientific" approach in perspective | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Chapters in Books | en_ZA |