The Anxieties of White Supremacy: Hendrik Verwoerd and the Apartheid Mindset

By Christoph Marx

Book Overview

Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd (1958-1966) is widely regarded as the mastermind of apartheid in South Africa. This study examines how he developed the ideology of racial separation into a comprehensive system. It also looks into Verwoerd's intellectual development and his academic career before he entered politics. Apartheid was to Verwoerd less a defense of colonialism but a policy for the future, he was an authoritarian modernizer and a true representative of the Age of Extremes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3112214161
• ISBN13: 9783112214169
• Release Date: June 2025
• Publisher: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
• Length: 589 Pages
• Weight: 2.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"