Ironic Victory: Liberalism in Post-Liberation South Africa

by R.W. Johnson (Editor), David Welsh (Editor)

This book is a collection of essays by prominent thinkers in South Africa on the currency of the term and conceptions of liberalism in various sectors of South African society since 1994.

432 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

R. W. Johnson is a British-South African journalist and historian. Born in England, he was educated at Natal University and Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar. He was a fellow in politics at Magdalen College, Oxford, for twenty-six years; he remains an emeritus fellow. He was formerly Director of the Helen Suzman Foundation in Johannesburg.

He is currently a South Africa correspondent for the London Sunday Times and also writes for the London Review of Books. His articles for the LRB generally cover South African and, to a lesser extent, Zimbabwean affairs.

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