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South African Exceptionalism . Does it exist , will it survive ?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Czada, Roland |
| Copyright Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | When I asked John De Gruchy what I should present today he suggested to talk on the impressions I have got during a one year stay in South Africa. Maybe that was a reaction on comments which I occasionally made on some peculiarities in this country. I did ask, for instance, why South Africans call a coalition government an alliance or why traffic lights are called robots. I also asked, why street names in the New South Africa are still being called after living persons thereby following a practice of former Apartheid governments rather than a republican principle. Now, I am not going to focus on that sort of peculiarities today. These are culturally entrenched practices which avoid scrutiny. Normally people don’t even think about them. Local customs like these are to be found in all countries as it is shown for example by the design of “robot lights”. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.politik.uni-osnabrueck.de/POLSYS/Archive/czada%20sa%20exceptionalism.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
