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1	The modernity/tradition interface amongst urban black South Africans Bonora, Franco 01 January 2002 (has links) Since the 1950s modernization theory predicted within the Third World a trajectory for social evolution and development mirroring perceived social and developmental evolution in Western societies since the 17th Century. Despite this theory being much discredited in both Western societies and the developing world; this theory still forms the basis for much analysis and policy formulation within post-1990 South Africa. This thesis looks at various aspects of urban black South Africans' existence and concludes that African tradition has found a place within an urban existence due to it's flexibility in dealing with peoples' daily challenges. An urban existence can thus no-longer be thought of as supplanting tradition in favour of western influences, but rather as bringing about a mixture of western and traditional influences - with positive and negative theoretical and practical developmental consequences / Development Studies / M.A. Tradition Modernity Urban existence Communalism Modernization theory Stokvels Traditional African medicine Hostel war African National Congress lnkatha Freedom Party Insider versus outsider social dynamics 303.4820968 Tradition (Philosophy) Urban anthropology -- South Africa Acculturation Detribalization -- South Africa Traditional medicine -- South Africa Witchcraft -- South Africa Cosmology, African Social evolution Sociology, Urban -- South Africa
2	The modernity/tradition interface amongst urban black South Africans Bonora, Franco 01 January 2002 (has links) Since the 1950s modernization theory predicted within the Third World a trajectory for social evolution and development mirroring perceived social and developmental evolution in Western societies since the 17th Century. Despite this theory being much discredited in both Western societies and the developing world; this theory still forms the basis for much analysis and policy formulation within post-1990 South Africa. This thesis looks at various aspects of urban black South Africans' existence and concludes that African tradition has found a place within an urban existence due to it's flexibility in dealing with peoples' daily challenges. An urban existence can thus no-longer be thought of as supplanting tradition in favour of western influences, but rather as bringing about a mixture of western and traditional influences - with positive and negative theoretical and practical developmental consequences / Development Studies / M.A. Tradition Modernity Urban existence Communalism Modernization theory Stokvels Traditional African medicine Hostel war African National Congress lnkatha Freedom Party Insider versus outsider social dynamics 303.4820968 Tradition (Philosophy) Urban anthropology -- South Africa Acculturation Detribalization -- South Africa Traditional medicine -- South Africa Witchcraft -- South Africa Cosmology, African Social evolution Sociology, Urban -- South Africa

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The modernity/tradition interface amongst urban black South Africans