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Article: Clifton Crais, The Politics of Evil: magic, state power and political imagination in South Africa.(Book Review)
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- March 22, 2005
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CLIFTON CRAIS, The Politics of Evil: magic, state power and political imagination in South Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (hb 50.00 [pounds sterling], US$65.00--0 521 81721 8; African edition available in limited markets only: pb 10.00 [pounds sterling]--0 521 53393 7). 2002, 297 pp.
Clifton Crais has written a magnificent book. The Politics of Evil transcends conventional boundaries of political history, reinterprets the meta-narrative of colonialism in South Africa and demonstrates why African history has significance to readers whose primary interests lie beyond the continent. This book is also a dexterous and nuanced example of how the ...