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In South Africa, when expectations collapse the poor revolt against the downtrodden foreigners | SA News

Xenophobia

I want to explore the underlying logic of social revolts, not through the lens of history, but in light of South Africa’s unfolding reality. In doing so, I draw on a theory advanced by James C Davies in When Men Revolt and Why (1971), which resonates eerily with the moment South Africa finds itself in today.

Davies argued that revolutions do not erupt at the point of total despair, but at the point where hopes were once raised, only to be sharply reversed. That is, when people experience material and social improvement and begin to believe in a better future, only to watch it stall or decline, their anger…

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