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The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s
Thesis (PhD (Historical and Heritage Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2024.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/101052 The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s Macqueen, Ian frederikkirsten96@gmail.com Kirsten, Frederik Fouché UCTD Garrison State Harold Lasswell Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr Oswald Pirow South Africa 1930s and 1940s Thesis (PhD (Historical and Heritage Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2024. The American political scientist, Harold Lasswell’s concept of the Garrison State is examined in the light of being a “developmental construct”. Developed in 1941, the concept predicted the future path democracies could take in their confrontation with fascism in the mid-Twentieth Century. The thesis argues that the Garrison State is a state phenomenon and that political parties, with varying ideological beliefs, took advantage of developing Garrison State characteristics in South Africa. These characteristics were not already established, but rather developing. Therefore, the notion of “origins” has been utilised. The thesis follows a chronological sequence focusing on the political-intellectual discourse of the 1930s and 1940s. The prominent figure of Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr is used as a lens through which to view this time. Hofmeyr’s interactions with his peers such as Jan Smuts, D.F. Malan, and Oswald Pirow are highlighted. In the thesis Smuts is framed as a “specialist on violence” and Hofmeyr as an agent of the Garrison State. Pirow, due to his “Five-year Plan,” is seen as an inadvertent agent of the Garrison State. Ultimately, the thesis positions the Garrison State as one of many anti-fascist manifestations. Historical and Heritage Studies PhD (Historical and Heritage Studies) Unrestricted Faculty of Humanities 2025-02-19T10:49:05Z 2025-02-19T10:49:05Z 2025-04 2024-10 Thesis * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101052 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28439678 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Garrison State Harold Lasswell Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr Oswald Pirow South Africa 1930s and 1940s The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| title | The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| title_full | The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| title_fullStr | The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| title_full_unstemmed | The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| title_short | The origins of the Garrison State? An analysis of South African political-intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| title_sort | origins of the garrison state an analysis of south african political intellectual discourse during the 1930s and 1940s |
| topic | UCTD Garrison State Harold Lasswell Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr Oswald Pirow South Africa 1930s and 1940s |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/101052 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPresearchdata.28439678 |