Political Violence and the Struggle in South Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
The Time of the Comrades: Reflections on Political Commitment and Professional Discourse in a Context of Political Violence....Pages 1-28
The Epidemiology and Culture of Violence....Pages 29-69
The Concept of Violence....Pages 70-86
Discourses on Political Violence....Pages 87-130
The Shooting at Uitenhage, 1985: the Context and Interpretation of Violence....Pages 131-153
Symbolizing Violence: State and Media Discourse in TV Coverage of Township Protest, 1985–7....Pages 154-171
From Biko to Wendy Orr: the Problem of Medical Accountability in Contexts of Political Violence and Torture....Pages 172-204
Detention and Violence: Beyond Victimology....Pages 205-233
State Violence in South Africa and the Development of a Progressive Psychology....Pages 234-264
Political Oppression and Children in South Africa: the Social Construction of Damaging Effects....Pages 265-286
Crowds and their Vicissitudes: Psychology and Law in the South African Court-room....Pages 287-303
Violence and the Law: the Use of the Censure in Political Trials in South Africa....Pages 304-325
Sentencing in Cases of Public Violence....Pages 326-340
Images of Punishment in the People’s Courts of Cape Town 1985–7: from Prefigurative Justice to Populist Violence....Pages 341-371
Back Matter....Pages 373-384