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

Christoph Marx
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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.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Published: 06/30/2025
ISBN: 9783112214169
Pages: 589
Weight: 2.23lbs
Size: 9.06h x 6.10w x 1.32d