The Perversity of Gratitude: An Apartheid Education

by Grant Farred

Apartheid, ironically, provided Grant Farred with the optimal conditions for thinking. He describes South Africa's apartheid regime as an intellectual force that, "Made thinking apartheid, more than anything else, an absolute necessity." The Perversity of Gratitude is a provocative book in which Farred reflects on an upbringing resisting apartheid. Although he is still inclined to struggle viscerally against apartheid, he acknowledges, "It...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439924961
• ISBN13: 9781439924969
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 226 Pages