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1	The dance of an intellectual mandarin : a study of Neville Alexander's thoughts on the language question in South Africa Dollie, Na-iem 08 1900 (has links) This study distils some of the principal political and sociological lines of enquiry that Neville Alexander embarked upon in his published writings. It initially sets out to sketch the political, economic and intellectual milieu that he encountered after his release from Robben Island in 1974, and then it addresses the language question, as a part of the national question, in South Africa. The researcher argues that Alexander’s “dance” in the world of political and educational interventions has at times been solitary but that his discourse is substantively girded by the writings and experiences of established practitioners in the fields of sociolinguistics, political economy and cultural activities. The study concludes that his policy proposals on language in particular, in spite of the fact that the constitutional and institutional infrastructure exists for their implementation, have been put on the back burner because the dominant linguistic interests of the post-apartheid government correspond with the communication interests of market-driven institutions in the country, and not with the interests of the linguistic majorities who populate the nation. / Neville Alexander's thoughts on the language question in South Africa / Language question in South Africa / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Philosophy of Education) Communication Marxism Multilingualism Racial capitalism Social democracy Intellectuals 306.44968 Alexander, Neville Language policy -- South Africa Multilingualism -- South Africa Language planning -- South Africa
2	Dialogical narratives : reading Neville Alexander's writings Dollie, Na-iem 09 1900 (has links) This thesis is a transdisciplinary study of leading South African Marxist intellectual, political activist and sociologist of language Neville Edward Alexander’s written work in English. It is an attempt to explore the “dialogical narratives” as a proposition in my assessment of his work and it is also a description of a method he employs to arrive at his own political and literary compositions. In tracking his formation as a political subject and an activist, Alexander’s and other writers’ interpretations of his meetings with and his stories about people are explored. His writings cover the spectrum of politics, education and language, and he employed a political economy approach in all his written expositions. The study argues that he had an exceptional ability to “argue against himself” because he was a dialectical reasoner and because he embraced the political and sociological toolkit of historical materialism as the philosophical matrix of his work. / History / D.Lit et Phil. (History) Marxism Existentialism Historical materialism Dialectics Dialogical self Subjectivities Reform Revolution National question Language question War of manoeuvre War of position 968.065 Alexander, Neville Dialectical materialism Historical materialism Language policy -- South Africa
3	The dance of an intellectual mandarin : a study of Neville Alexander's thoughts on the language question in South Africa Dollie, Na-iem 08 1900 (has links) This study distils some of the principal political and sociological lines of enquiry that Neville Alexander embarked upon in his published writings. It initially sets out to sketch the political, economic and intellectual milieu that he encountered after his release from Robben Island in 1974, and then it addresses the language question, as a part of the national question, in South Africa. The researcher argues that Alexander’s “dance” in the world of political and educational interventions has at times been solitary but that his discourse is substantively girded by the writings and experiences of established practitioners in the fields of sociolinguistics, political economy and cultural activities. The study concludes that his policy proposals on language in particular, in spite of the fact that the constitutional and institutional infrastructure exists for their implementation, have been put on the back burner because the dominant linguistic interests of the post-apartheid government correspond with the communication interests of market-driven institutions in the country, and not with the interests of the linguistic majorities who populate the nation. / Neville Alexander's thoughts on the language question in South Africa / Language question in South Africa / Educational Studies / M.Ed. (Philosophy of Education) Communication Marxism Multilingualism Racial capitalism Social democracy Intellectuals 306.44968 Alexander, Neville Language policy -- South Africa Multilingualism -- South Africa Language planning -- South Africa
4	Dialogical narratives : reading Neville Alexander's writings Dollie, Na-iem 09 1900 (has links) This thesis is a transdisciplinary study of leading South African Marxist intellectual, political activist and sociologist of language Neville Edward Alexander’s written work in English. It is an attempt to explore the “dialogical narratives” as a proposition in my assessment of his work and it is also a description of a method he employs to arrive at his own political and literary compositions. In tracking his formation as a political subject and an activist, Alexander’s and other writers’ interpretations of his meetings with and his stories about people are explored. His writings cover the spectrum of politics, education and language, and he employed a political economy approach in all his written expositions. The study argues that he had an exceptional ability to “argue against himself” because he was a dialectical reasoner and because he embraced the political and sociological toolkit of historical materialism as the philosophical matrix of his work. / History / D.Lit et Phil. (History) Marxism Existentialism Historical materialism Dialectics Dialogical self Subjectivities Reform Revolution National question Language question War of manoeuvre War of position 968.065 Alexander, Neville Dialectical materialism Historical materialism Language policy -- South Africa

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