Chinese historians have often neglected Afrikaner nationalism and therefore this kind of nationalism has rarely been named in our discourse as people always attach more attention to the liberation of the colonies in t...Chinese historians have often neglected Afrikaner nationalism and therefore this kind of nationalism has rarely been named in our discourse as people always attach more attention to the liberation of the colonies in the third world when they study nationalism.That is also the reason why we can’t give the rise of Apartheid in South Africa a comprehensive understanding.In studying the history of the formation of this ethnic community from the Dutch period to the year in which its language,Afrikaans,became the official one,one finds that racial attitude,which contributed to the Afrikaner’s insisting upon their separation from other ethnic groups,derives from their own experience;and its true meaning of nationalism,of which republicanism is an important aspect,lies in developing itself by means of dominating and depriving other ethnic groups.展开更多
文摘Chinese historians have often neglected Afrikaner nationalism and therefore this kind of nationalism has rarely been named in our discourse as people always attach more attention to the liberation of the colonies in the third world when they study nationalism.That is also the reason why we can’t give the rise of Apartheid in South Africa a comprehensive understanding.In studying the history of the formation of this ethnic community from the Dutch period to the year in which its language,Afrikaans,became the official one,one finds that racial attitude,which contributed to the Afrikaner’s insisting upon their separation from other ethnic groups,derives from their own experience;and its true meaning of nationalism,of which republicanism is an important aspect,lies in developing itself by means of dominating and depriving other ethnic groups.
