Nigel Gibson
Biographic Data
| ID | 111927 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nigel Gibson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nigel |
| FAMILY NAME | Gibson |
| SIGNATURE | GIBSON N |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Living Fanon
Frantz Fanon has influenced generations of activists and scholars. His life's work continues to be debated and discussed around the world. This book is an event: an international, interdisciplinary co
The Limits of Black Political Empowerment
In an earlier paper, written in reaction to those who argued that the African National Congress (ANC) had no alternative but to implement neoliberal economic policies in the context of the 'Washington Consensus', I discussed the strategic choices and ideological pitfalls of the 'political class' who took over state power in South Africa after the end of apartheid and implemented its own homegrown structural adjustment programme (Gibson 2001). Muc…
Poor People's Movements in South Africa - The Anti-Eviction Campaign in Mandela Park
Dialectical Impasses
The Oxygen of the Revolution
"The Pitfalls of South Africa's "Liberation
Six years after the end of apartheid there have been many changes, but little change in South Africa. Poverty and inequality seem to be increasing rather than decreasing. How were the dreams of freedom and social and economic equality so quickly dashed? Much of the answer can be found in South Africa's integration into globalized capitalism, yet pointing an accusatory finger at the IMF or the "West" does not allow us to consider the contested ter…
Beyond manicheanism
Fanon is perhaps best remembered for his powerful descriptions of, and prescriptions for, a violent engagement with colonialism whose manichean logic, derived from 'belonging or not belonging to a certain race, a given species', inexorably determines an individual's social position. However, to begin to understand Fanon's conception of ideology necessitates an exploration of how a dialectical response to manicheanism expresses the liberatory idea…
Beyond manicheanism
Fanon is perhaps best remembered for his powerful descriptions of, and prescriptions for, a violent engagement with colonialism whose manichean logic, derived from 'belonging or not belonging to a certain race, a given species', inexorably determines an individual's social position. However, to begin to understand Fanon's conception of ideology necessitates an exploration of how a dialectical response to manicheanism expresses the liberatory idea…
"The Pitfalls of South Africa's "Liberation
Six years after the end of apartheid there have been many changes, but little change in South Africa. Poverty and inequality seem to be increasing rather than decreasing. How were the dreams of freedom and social and economic equality so quickly dashed? Much of the answer can be found in South Africa's integration into globalized capitalism, yet pointing an accusatory finger at the IMF or the "West" does not allow us to consider the contested ter…
Poor People's Movements in South Africa - The Anti-Eviction Campaign in Mandela Park
Dialectical Impasses
Beyond manicheanism
Fanon is perhaps best remembered for his powerful descriptions of, and prescriptions for, a violent engagement with colonialism whose manichean logic, derived from 'belonging or not belonging to a certain race, a given species', inexorably determines an individual's social position. However, to begin to understand Fanon's conception of ideology necessitates an exploration of how a dialectical response to manicheanism expresses the liberatory idea…
The Oxygen of the Revolution
"The Pitfalls of South Africa's "Liberation
Six years after the end of apartheid there have been many changes, but little change in South Africa. Poverty and inequality seem to be increasing rather than decreasing. How were the dreams of freedom and social and economic equality so quickly dashed? Much of the answer can be found in South Africa's integration into globalized capitalism, yet pointing an accusatory finger at the IMF or the "West" does not allow us to consider the contested ter…
Dialectical Impasses
Poor People's Movements in South Africa - The Anti-Eviction Campaign in Mandela Park
The Limits of Black Political Empowerment
In an earlier paper, written in reaction to those who argued that the African National Congress (ANC) had no alternative but to implement neoliberal economic policies in the context of the 'Washington Consensus', I discussed the strategic choices and ideological pitfalls of the 'political class' who took over state power in South Africa after the end of apartheid and implemented its own homegrown structural adjustment programme (Gibson 2001). Muc…
Living Fanon
Frantz Fanon has influenced generations of activists and scholars. His life's work continues to be debated and discussed around the world. This book is an event: an international, interdisciplinary co
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · South African History and Culture (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Australian History and Society (2 works) · Colonialism (2 works)