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The Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa
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2023
Summary
Looting has become an increasingly popular concept in South Africa as an unsophisticated interpretation of ownership by “force” of property during periods of mayhem. However, looting is a complex concept whose origin spans a long history that cuts across time and space. In The Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa, edited by Mfundo Masuku, Dalifa Ngobese, Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe, and Sifiso Ndlovu, contributors provide sophisticated analysis on the concept of “looting” and address nuances in the concept of looting, looking at links to spiraling inequality and poverty, racialization of property ownership, and skewed access and benefits of economic policies. As shown in this collection, looting has taken on a variety of political meanings: a challenge to the violence of racial capitalism, an alternative and accelerated path to justice, and a way to call attention to the reality of racial violence that is often ignored by the media, to name a few. This volume provides a critical analysis of looting from a multi-disciplinary approach that focuses on a combination of themes to show that looting is deeply rooted in property “ownership” and spiraling poverty and inequality that is structural in nature.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1990-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1991-2
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
198
Product type
Edited Book
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Chapter One. Alooter Continua!: Tracing Historical Trajectories of Looting from Pre-colonial, Colonial and Postcolonial in South Africa No access Pages 1 - 16
Chapter Two. Looting of Indigenous Knowledge Systems through Patents and Intellectual Property Policies No access Pages 17 - 32
Chapter Three. Land Dispossession and Food Insecurity in Contemporary South Africa: Consequences of Land Looting Institutionalized through the Natives Land Act 27 No access Pages 33 - 46
Chapter Four. Criminalising Looting and the Quest for Social Justice in Postcolonial South Africa: Perspectives from Twitter Data No access Pages 47 - 66
Chapter Five. Unemployment as an Instigator of Looting No access Pages 67 - 80
Chapter Six. An Appraisal of South Africa’s July Civil Unrest through the Lens of Frustration-Aggression Theory The Case of KwaZulu-Natal Province No access Pages 81 - 106
Chapter Seven. Looting and Unrest after Former President Zuma’s Incarceration Politics of Belonging and Entitlement to Property Ownership in South Africa No access Pages 107 - 118
Chapter Eight. A Critical Reflection on Inequalities and Poverty as an Instigator of Looting in South Africa No access Pages 119 - 134
Chapter Nine. The Looting Culture and Its Value in the Transformation of Higher Education No access Pages 135 - 152
Chapter Ten. Looting, Wealth, Security and Prestige Detailed Modern Schemes for Education Oppression and Exclusion No access Pages 153 - 166
Chapter Eleven. The Impact of Looting in the South African Tourism Sector No access Pages 167 - 186
Index No access Pages 187 - 190
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 191 - 198
