Rick turner
Richard Turner (born September 25, 1941 in Stellenbosch , † January 8, 1978 in Durban ), known under the name Rick Turner , was a South African philosopher.
Belonging to the undogmatic radical left, he was active in the anti-apartheid movement. He was shot dead by strangers in 1978, but the perpetrators are suspected to be in the police force.
In 1972 Turner wrote his book The Eye of the Needle - Towards Participatory Democracy In South Africa, in which he advocates a radical democratic system and a non-racist South Africa. His article Dialectical Reason , which he published in the British journal Radical Philosophy in 1973 , had a great influence . In the same year he was banned by the South African authorities . He was no longer allowed to leave the Durban region or see his family, and he lost his job at Natal University .
Nelson Mandela described Turner as "a source of inspiration".
He was married to Barbara Turner, the current wife of Ken Follett . He was bleeding to death in front of his two children, Jann and Kim.
Writings by Rick Turner
- What is Political Philosophy ?, Radical , 1968
- The Eye of the Needle , 1972
- Dialectical Reason, Radical Philosophy , No.4., 1973
- The Relevance of Contemporary Radical Thought, SPRO-CAS, 1971 (PDF; 1.3 MB)
Article about Rick Turner
- Rick Turner , SA History Online
- Philosophy & the Crisis in South Africa, MA Nupen, 1988 (PDF)
- Richard Turner and the Politics of Emancipation , Duncan Greeves, 1987 (PDF; 1.6 MB)
- Biographical introduction in 'The eye of the needle' by Tony Morphet, 1980 (PDF)
- Brushing Against the Grain: Oppositional Discourse in South Africa by Tony Morphet, 1990 (PDF; 612 kB)
- The Moment of Western Marxism by Andrew Nash, 1999 (PDF; 108 kB)
- Re-Reading Rick Turner in the New South Africa, by Tony Fluxman and Peter Vale, 2004 (PDF; 103 kB)
- Black Consciousness in Dialogue: Steve Biko, Richard Turner and the 'Durban Moment' in South Africa, 1970 - 1974 (PDF; 147 kB), Ian McQueen, SOAS, 2009
- Eddie Webster, the Durban moment and new labor internationalism , Rob Lambert, 2010
- Thinking More Than The State Allows: Radical Politics In These Troublingly Quiet Times ( Memento of May 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Taylor Sparrow, Institute for Anarchist Studies , 2011 (archive version)
- Re-imagining South Africa: Black Consciousness, radical Christianity and the New Left, 1967-1977 , Ian McQueen, PhD Thesis, University of Sussex, 2011
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Turner, Rick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turner, Richard (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African philosopher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stellenbosch |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1978 |
| Place of death | Durban |