This book shows the applicability of Thomas Kuhn's theory of the structure of scientific revolutions to the struggle for social change in southern Africa. The components of this theory which seem applicable to the conflict and the struggle for fundamental social change in this troubled region of Africa are: definition of paradigms, their functions, the elements of paradigm shifts and their effect, the relationship between paradigm shift in natural and social science, and the concept of anomaly. This study utilizes the components of this theory to discuss why the problems of southern Africa seem to defy this solution.
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Höhe: 234 mm
Breite: 156 mm
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978-0-8448-1594-7 (9780844815947)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
The applicability of Khun's theory to the struggle for social change in southern Africa; origins of colonial paradigm; the structure and function of the colonial paradigm; education for Africans as an instrument of sustaining the colonial paradigm; initiative for a paradigm shift - the struggle for social change; the problems of creating a new paradigm.
