RT Article
T1 Nog nadenke na aanleiding van "Nadenke van "n Afrikaner" deur HJC Pieterse
JF Hervormde teologiese studies
VO 46
IS 1/2
SP 207
OP 221
A1 Niekerk, A. S. van
LA Afrikaans
YR 1990
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1946127361
AB Considering the reflections of HJC Pierterse on the Afrikaner In a recent publication the theologian HJC Pieterse reflected on the spiritual and existential condition of the modern Afrikaner, and his feelings of guilt, loneliness and hopelessness. In this article it is argued, by comparing Pieterse’s reflections to Afrikaans literature, that the Afrikaner has, since the beginning of the 20th century, been moving away from the soil and from his African contacts, and has become more and more European and American in his thinking. Apartheid was meant to finalise his separateness from Africa. The resistance of the modern Afrikaner to apartheid does not, however, bring a new relation to Africa. It is rather one further step closer to European thinking.
K1 Sociology and Ethics
K1 Ancient Semitic and Classical Languages
K1 Philosophy
K1 Aspects of Religious Studies
K1 Practical Theology
K1 Ministers of Religion
K1 Scholars
K1 Philosophers
K1 Theologians
K1 Netherdutch Reformed Church
K1 Theology
DO 10.4102/hts.v46i1/2.2306