The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology

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dc.contributor.advisorMangcu, Xolelaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorSchoots, Leo Jonathanen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T08:32:51Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T08:32:51Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractWhat areas of social life do our existing social theories allow us to understand, and what areas of society leave us baffled, unsettled and unable to respond? This paper will argue that we are in need of new interpretive tools to allow us to understand the areas of our social world that have previously been excluded from academic view by our colonial and apartheid history, and even by progressive liberal and Marxist responses to apartheid. By first surveying the intellectual history of sociology’s emergence as a discipline and its formations in South Africa, I will argue that we are unable to effectively think about large areas of the African cultural and social world within our society. In search of alternatives this paper will explore the work of the prolific early 20th c. intellectual, S.E.K. Mqhayi. Mqhayi was a product of the complex social hybridity of his time, but oriented this hybridity towards amaXhosa and African people. By looking at his various mediums of writing I will argue that Mqhayi offers powerful insight into the complexities of the changing social world of his time and that his methodologies -- so different from those of academic sociology -- give us powerful insights into an African tradition which can revitalise contemporary social inquiry.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationSchoots, L. J. (2014). <i>The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13272en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationSchoots, Leo Jonathan. <i>"The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13272en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSchoots, L. 2014. The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Schoots, Leo Jonathan AB - What areas of social life do our existing social theories allow us to understand, and what areas of society leave us baffled, unsettled and unable to respond? This paper will argue that we are in need of new interpretive tools to allow us to understand the areas of our social world that have previously been excluded from academic view by our colonial and apartheid history, and even by progressive liberal and Marxist responses to apartheid. By first surveying the intellectual history of sociology’s emergence as a discipline and its formations in South Africa, I will argue that we are unable to effectively think about large areas of the African cultural and social world within our society. In search of alternatives this paper will explore the work of the prolific early 20th c. intellectual, S.E.K. Mqhayi. Mqhayi was a product of the complex social hybridity of his time, but oriented this hybridity towards amaXhosa and African people. By looking at his various mediums of writing I will argue that Mqhayi offers powerful insight into the complexities of the changing social world of his time and that his methodologies -- so different from those of academic sociology -- give us powerful insights into an African tradition which can revitalise contemporary social inquiry. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology TI - The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13272 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13272
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationSchoots LJ. The sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociology. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13272en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDevelopment Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe sociological imagination of S.E.K Mqhayi: towards an African Sociologyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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