Jump to content

Geoffrey Cronjé: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
mNo edit summary
 
(13 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|South African sociologist and apartheid activist}}
{{cleanup bare URLs|date=February 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Geoffrey Cronjé
| name = Geoffrey Cronjé
Line 15: Line 15:
}}
}}


Geoffrey Cronjé (30 December, 1907 – 23 January, 1992)) was a South African professor of sociology at the [[University of Pretoria]] and one of the founders of the apartheid system in South Africa.<ref name="louw">{{cite book | last = Louw | first = P. Eric | title = The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of Apartheid | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 2004 | pages = 27–55 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7XTgSQ4bUOkC| isbn = 0-275-98311-0}}</ref>
'''Geoffrey Cronjé''' (30 December 1907 – 23 January 1992) was a South African professor of sociology at the [[University of Pretoria]] and one of the founders of the apartheid system in South Africa.<ref name="louw">{{cite book | last = Louw | first = P. Eric | title = The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of Apartheid | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 2004 | pages = 27–55 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7XTgSQ4bUOkC| isbn = 0-275-98311-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=The mind of apartheid: Geoffrey Cronjé (1907-)|first=J M|last=Coetzee|date=June 15, 1991|journal=Social Dynamics|volume=17|issue=1|pages=1–35|doi=10.1080/02533959108458500|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-sept-2019/lessons-and-legacies|title=HSRC|website=Hsrc.ac.za|access-date=15 February 2022}}{{Dead link|date=May 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/02533959108458500|title=The mind of apartheid: Geoffrey Cronjé (1907‐)|first=J M|last=Coetzee|date=June 15, 1991|journal=Social Dynamics|volume=17|issue=1|pages=1–35|doi=10.1080/02533959108458500}}</ref><ref>http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-sept-2019/lessons-and-legacies</ref>

Cronjé believed since Afrikaaners lived as a minority in South Africa, blacks and whites couldn't peacefully co exist, he considered this to be unjust and unChristian and proposed an ideology called [[Apartheid]] where blacks and whites were strictly segregated.


Cronjé believed since Afrikaners lived as a minority in South Africa, blacks and whites could not peacefully co exist, he considered this to be unjust and un-Christian and proposed an ideology called [[apartheid]] where blacks and whites were strictly segregated.


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

{{Authority control}}


{{DEFAULTSORT:Cronjé, Geoffrey}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cronjé, Geoffrey}}
Line 34: Line 34:
[[Category:South African sociologists]]
[[Category:South African sociologists]]
[[Category:Stellenbosch University alumni]]
[[Category:Stellenbosch University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Pretoria faculty]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University of Pretoria]]
[[Category:National Party (South Africa) politicians]]
[[Category:National Party (South Africa) politicians]]



{{SouthAfrica-politician-stub}}
{{Sociologist-stub}}
{{Apartheid-sa-stub}}
{{SouthAfrica-academic-bio-stub}}
[[Category:Proponents of scientific racism]]

Latest revision as of 10:24, 1 September 2024

Geoffrey Cronjé
Born(1907-12-30)December 30, 1907
Pretoria, South Africa
DiedJanuary 23, 1992(1992-01-23) (aged 84)
Known forFounder of Apartheid

Geoffrey Cronjé (30 December 1907 – 23 January 1992) was a South African professor of sociology at the University of Pretoria and one of the founders of the apartheid system in South Africa.[1][2][3]

Cronjé believed since Afrikaners lived as a minority in South Africa, blacks and whites could not peacefully co exist, he considered this to be unjust and un-Christian and proposed an ideology called apartheid where blacks and whites were strictly segregated.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Louw, P. Eric (2004). The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of Apartheid. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 27–55. ISBN 0-275-98311-0.
  2. ^ Coetzee, J M (15 June 1991). "The mind of apartheid: Geoffrey Cronjé (1907-)". Social Dynamics. 17 (1): 1–35. doi:10.1080/02533959108458500.
  3. ^ "HSRC". Hsrc.ac.za. Retrieved 15 February 2022.[permanent dead link]