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1	Anarchism and syndicalism in South Africa, 1904-1921: Rethinking the history of labour and the left Van der Walt, Lucien Jacobus Wheatley 29 February 2008 (has links) Abstract: This is a study of the influence of anarchism and syndicalism (a variant of anarchism) on the left and labour movements in South Africa between the 1890s and the 1920s, but with a focus on the first two decades of the twentieth century. Internationally, this was a period of widespread working class unrest and radicalism, and the apogee, the “glorious period”, of anarchist and syndicalist influence from the 1890s to the 1920s. The rising influence of anarchism and syndicalism was reflected in South Africa, where it widely influenced the left, as well as significant sections of the local labour movement, as well as layers of the nationalist movements. This influence also spilled into neighbouring countries, fostering a movement that was multi-racial in composition, as well as internationalist and interracial in outlook. These developments are today almost entirely forgotten, and have been largely excised from the literature: this thesis is, above all, a work of recovering the history of a significant tradition, a history that has significant implications for understanding the history of left and labour movements in South Africa and southern Africa. Mikhail Bakunin diaspora internationalism class unions radicalism labour history anarchism national liberation Marxism
2	Richard Wagner's Jesus von Nazareth Giessel, Matthew 04 December 2013 (has links) In addition to his renowned musical output, Richard Wagner produced a logorrhoeic prose oeuvre, including a dramatic sketch of the last weeks of the life of Jesus Christ entitled Jesus von Nazareth. Though drafted in 1848-1849, it was published only posthumously, and has therefore been somewhat neglected in the otherwise voluminous Wagnerian literature. This thesis first examines the origins of Jesus von Nazareth amidst the climate of revolution wherein it was conceived, ascertaining its place within Wagner’s own internal development and amongst the radical thinkers who influenced it. While Ludwig Feuerbach has traditionally been seen as the most prominent of these, this thesis examines Wagner’s sources more broadly. The thesis then summarizes and analyzes Jesus von Nazareth itself, particularly in terms of Wagner’s use of biblical scripture. The thesis demonstrates how his not infrequent misuse thereof constitutes one way in which Wagner transmogrifies Jesus as mutable lens through which his own ideology of social revolution is reflected. It also attempts to provide a critical assessment of the relative dramatic merits of Jesus von Nazareth and looks into Wagner’s ultimate decision not to complete the work. The thesis then briefly summarizes the changes that occurred in Wagner’s mature Christological outlook subsequent to his drafting of Jesus von Nazareth, attempting to concisely demonstrate some developments beyond Wagner’s well-known encounter with the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. The thesis concludes with an evaluation of how Jesus von Nazareth informed Wagner’s general religious outlook and the extent to which this worldview is a productive one. Richard Wagner Jesus Feuerbach Schopenhauer Christology Exegesis Hegel Young Hegelians Junges Deutschland Die Sieger Parsifal Judaism in Music Religion and Art Cosima Wagner Franz Liszt Art and Revolution Artwork of the Future Martin Luther Johann Sebastian Bach Eric Voegelin Marcionism Materialism Love Revolution Antinomianism August Friedrich Gfrörer Ernest Renan Johann Gottlieb Fichte Paul-Gerhard Graap Mikhail Bakunin Pierre-Joseph Proudhon Das Liebesmahl der Apostel Rienzi Christ Arts and Humanities History

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Anarchism and syndicalism in South Africa, 1904-1921: Rethinking the history of labour and the left

Richard Wagner's Jesus von Nazareth