Abraham Kuyper, ras en volk - en Suid-Afrika

Strauss, P J

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“…Verskeie resente skrywers wys daarop dat die Romantiek en Duitse idealistiese denke hom beïnvloed het, onder meer wat sy volksbeskouing betref (o.m. Botha, 1982:46;Strauss, 1993:330, Van der Walt, 1995. Van der Walt toon aan hoe Kuyper deur die gebruik van organisme-metafore 'n mate van determinisme in sy samelewingsbeskouing ingedra het.…”

Section: Afrikaans-nederlandse Stamverwantskap -Enkele Prinsipieel-kritiese Opmerkingsunclassified

Afrikaners en Nederlanders: stamverwante?

Klerk¹

1998

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Are the Afrikaners kinsmen of the Dutch?

In some recent publications the Afrikaners and the Dutch have been referred to as each other's cousins, kinsmen or relatives. Other authors, however, consider the concept of “stamverwantskap" (which can be translated as tribal affiliation or as membership of a family of nations) to be outdated and incorrect. This article briefly examines the development of the idea of "stamverwantskap” between Dutchmen, Flemings and Afrikaners and points out that this idea forms part of nineteenth-century nationalist thought. It is especially linked to the view that nations have characteristics which are similar to those of living organisms. Furthermore, the idea of kinship between the Afrikaners and the Dutch developed within the pan-Dutch movement, which had imperialist aims. It is concluded that the idea of "stamverwantskap" is incompatible with a Christian view of history and society. While the present trend is to regard all mother-tongue speakers of Afrikaans as Afrikaners, the idea of kinship is a hindrance rather than a help in the development of cultural relations between the Afrikaners and the Dutch.

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Section: Afrikaans-nederlandse Stamverwantskap -Enkele Prinsipieel-kritiese Opmerkingsunclassified

Afrikaners en Nederlanders: stamverwante?

Klerk¹

1998

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Are the Afrikaners kinsmen of the Dutch?

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Die GKSA se ‘sendingstilstand’ na 150 jaar

Ferreira

2020

In die Skriflig / In Luce Verbi

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Die verband tussen skeppingsordinansies en kulturele vormgewing by A. Kuyper

Walt¹

1995

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The relationship between creational ordinances and cultural formations (as seen by A. Kuyper). The central statement of this article is that Abraham Kuyper does not make a clear enough distinction between divine normative creational ordinances on the one side, and human cultural structures on the other. Kuyper defines this relationship in a semi-deterministic (organistic) way. The reason for this semi-deterministic approach can be found in Kuyper’s neo-Platonic logos-speculation and his Romantic-Idealistic use of the organism metaphor. Such a semi-deterministic approach can easily lead to cultural conservatism (for example political conservatism). The proposed answer to Kuyper’s problematic approach implies the following:

• Cultural activities should always be seen as free formative action and should not be regarded in a semi-deterministic way.

• Cultural activities should always be seen as being partially the result o f the brokenness o f man. Consequently, our knowledge o f divine ordinances as reflected in these activities will always be provisional.

• Cultural activities should always be seen against the background of the divine facilitating structure o f the creational ordinances.

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Abraham Kuyper, ras en volk - en Suid-Afrika

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Afrikaners en Nederlanders: stamverwante?

Afrikaners en Nederlanders: stamverwante?

Die GKSA se ‘sendingstilstand’ na 150 jaar

Die verband tussen skeppingsordinansies en kulturele vormgewing by A. Kuyper

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