The Cape Town Intellectuals
Ruth Schechter and Her Circle, 1907-1934
by Baruch Hirson
Hirson explores her eventful life in Cambridge, New York and Cape Town, as
she moved between three worlds: British academia, a conservative, intellectual
Jewish millieu, and a radical community in South Africa.
It was in South Africa that she met many leading Cape political leaders and
other personalities, among them Laurence Hogben, Frederick Bodmer, Gandhi
(who she met on his last night in South
Africa) and Olive Schreiner, with whom she developed an affectionate and dynamic
relationship.
This is a story that touches on the development of a radical South African
community and the evolution of anti-racism, feminism and socialism.
Based on original research, this is an engaging biography of a fascinating
figure.
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ISBN. 085036 500 7
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£14.95