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.

juin 2025, env. 580 pages, Africa in Global History, Anglais
De Gruyter
978-3-11-221416-9

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