Schraten, JürgenJürgenSchratenSchraten, Jürgen2022-02-212022-02-212022-02-17https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/656http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-573This working paper describes the methodological and theoretical approach of the research project "Southern African Democracy and the Utopia of a Rainbow Nation". Analysing the "history of the political" as suggested by Pierre Rosavalloin not only allows to improve historiography, but also to correct the distorting effect of colonial categories.enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhistoryremembrancedemocracypostcolonysociologyddc:300