Talk:Academic boycott of South Africa

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• Academic boycott of South Africa. Nelson GS. [1] Lancet. 1989 Jul 1;2(8653):50.
• Academic boycott--political strategy or moral imperative? Selective support as a justifiable alternative.S Afr Med J. 1991 Jun 1;79(11):660-4.
• Academic boycott. - response Kaliski S. [2]
• Letter from Cape Town. Academic boycott--through the looking glass. Benatar SR. Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa. [3] JAMA. 1992 Feb 12;267(6):808.
• Academic boycott of South Africa. Rosner F. [4] JAMA. 1992 Aug 5;268(5):602.
• "Stay Out of Politics" : A Philosopher Views South Africa (Hardcover) Ronald Aronson, University Of Chicago Press (February 27, 1990), ISBN 0226028011
  • Book Description:

    "As a lifelong radical and political activist, Ronald Aronson accepted an invitation to lecture in South Africa only after two years of deliberation. "Stay Out of Politics," which begins with the moral questions that Aronson confronted in his decision to go, is a reaffirmation of the necessity for majority rule and the abolition of apartheid. Amidst the pressure of widespread talk of an academic boycott of South Africa, Aronson decided to lecture there as a contribution to the struggle for majority rule. He decided to become mobilized as a philosopher and activist by engaging in the effort close at hand rather than settling for a distant and comfortable protest by avoidance.

    Along with his visa, Aronson was given the following warning by a consular officer: "Stay out of politics!" Believing that philosophy not only has a role to play but that it can, and must, involve itself in the vital social and political issues of our time, Aronson equally discovered that in South Africa politics is everywhere and inescapable. The lectures Aronson delivered focused on the meaning of progress and hope, on the threat--and experience--of disaster today, and on our responsibility to join the struggle for a humane and rational world. Two of the most provocative lectures are included here, the first a discussion of the Holocaust that has direct and intentional applications to the current situation in South Africa. The second lecture, in memory of the assassinated political philosopher Richard Turner, is a sketch of Aronson's philosophy of hope as seen from within the South African context.

    Despite the limitations of teaching under possible surveillance in a revolutionary situation, Aronson witnessed the social reality of apartheid and heard the voices of its victims. Aronson's love for the South African people motivated him to write this powerful account. He presents a lecturer's tour of South Africa: the experiences that both confirmed his belief in the urgent need for majority rule but also revealed the complexities of the society that seeks to continue apartheid through all reforms; and his philosopher's reflections upon returning to the United States on the irrationality of apartheid and the ambiguities of the struggle to end it.

    "Stay Out of Politics" is not only a powerful encounter with South Africa today, it is a provocative statement about philosophy--its nature, its tasks, its duty to understand and change the world in which we live."

• The Academic Boycott of South Africa, science and social practice. Completed 1990. Published: Studies in Higher Education Vol.15 (3):253-275. : 22. [5]
• Out in the Cold Lorraine J Haricombe, F W Lancaster Information Resources Press, pp 115, ISBN 0878150676
  • Book Review: Out in the cold Ralph Crawshaw, BMJ 1995;311:136 (8 July) [6]
    • Related letter to the editor: [7]
  • Book Review: Out in the cold - Academic boycotts and the isolation of South Africa Robin Peek, Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Volume 47, Issue 5 , Pages 399 - 399, Published Online: 7 Dec 1998, [8]

Too much weight given to "Academic Boycott of South Africa: Symbolic Gesture or Effective Agent of Change?"?

A significant portion of article is criticisms raised in the article "Academic Boycott of South Africa: Symbolic Gesture or Effective Agent of Change?".

Should so much weight be given to one source, especially with regard to the following?

1) Article appears to have been written by 2 professors at University of Illinois who in fact speciallized in library information science.

2) Find very few references to article after a Google search

3) Link to article brings up a blank page.

Would suggest either drastic reduction in number of citations to article, or perhaps even removing it.

--Everett (talk) 04:42, 6 January 2014 (UTC)

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