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In 1969, while a student in South Africa, John Schlapobersky was arrested for opposing apartheid and tortured, detained and eventually deported. Interrogated through sleep deprivation, he later wrote secretly in solitary confinement about the struggle for survival.
Those writings inform this exquisitely written book in which the author reflects on the singing of the condemned prisoners, the poetry, songs and texts that saw him through his ordeal, and its impact. This sense of hope through which he transformed his life guides his continuing work as a psychotherapist and his focus on the rehabilitation of others.
"[T]hetale of an ordinary young man swept one day from his life into hell, testimony to the wickedness a political system let loose in its agents and, above all, an intimate account of how a man became a healer."-Jonny Steinberg, Oxford University
From the introduction:
I was supposed to be a man by the time I turned 21, by anyone's reckoning. By the apartheid regime's reckoning, I was also old enough to be tortured. Looking back, I can recognize the boy I was. The eldest of my grandchildren is now approaching this age, and I would never want to see her or the others - or indeed anyone else - having to face any such ordeal. At the time my home was in Johannesburg, only some thirty miles from Pretoria, where I was thrown into a world that few would believe existed, populated by creatures from the darkest places, creatures of the night, some in uniform. I was there for fifty-five days, and never went home again.
In 1969, while a student in South Africa, John Schlapobersky was arrested for opposing apartheid and tortured, detained and eventually deported. Interrogated through sleep deprivation, he later wrote secretly in solitary confinement about the struggle for survival.
Those writings inform this exquisitely written book in which the author reflects on the singing of the condemned prisoners, the poetry, songs and texts that saw him through his ordeal, and its impact. This sense of hope through which he transformed his life guides his continuing work as a psychotherapist and his focus on the rehabilitation of others.
"[T]hetale of an ordinary young man swept one day from his life into hell, testimony to the wickedness a political system let loose in its agents and, above all, an intimate account of how a man became a healer."-Jonny Steinberg, Oxford University
From the introduction:
I was supposed to be a man by the time I turned 21, by anyone's reckoning. By the apartheid regime's reckoning, I was also old enough to be tortured. Looking back, I can recognize the boy I was. The eldest of my grandchildren is now approaching this age, and I would never want to see her or the others - or indeed anyone else - having to face any such ordeal. At the time my home was in Johannesburg, only some thirty miles from Pretoria, where I was thrown into a world that few would believe existed, populated by creatures from the darkest places, creatures of the night, some in uniform. I was there for fifty-five days, and never went home again.
John Schlapobersky is a Consultant Psychotherapist. He won the Alonso Award of the American Group Psychotherapy Association in 2017 for his book From the Couch to the Circle: Group-Analytic Psychotherapy In Practice' (Routledge 2016).
Foreword
Albie Sachs
Prologue
Introduction
The Days
Arrest: Day 1: Friday 13 June
Interrogation I: Swanepoel: Compol Building
Solitary Confinement: The Hanging Jail
Interrogation II: Johan Coetzee
Signing the Statement and Negotiating Release
Release: Day 55: Wednesday 6th August
Epilogue
Afterword: Memory and Testimony
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: Arrest Warrant 13/06/1969
Appendix 2: The Sword and the Ploughshare: The Terrorism Act and the Bill of Rights
Appendix 3: Principles for the Political Applications of Psychotherapy
References
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781789209082 |
| ISBN-10: | 1789209080 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Schlapobersky, John R. |
| Hersteller: | Berghahn Books |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John R. Schlapobersky |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,368 kg |
John Schlapobersky is a Consultant Psychotherapist. He won the Alonso Award of the American Group Psychotherapy Association in 2017 for his book From the Couch to the Circle: Group-Analytic Psychotherapy In Practice' (Routledge 2016).
Foreword
Albie Sachs
Prologue
Introduction
The Days
Arrest: Day 1: Friday 13 June
Interrogation I: Swanepoel: Compol Building
Solitary Confinement: The Hanging Jail
Interrogation II: Johan Coetzee
Signing the Statement and Negotiating Release
Release: Day 55: Wednesday 6th August
Epilogue
Afterword: Memory and Testimony
Acknowledgements
Appendix 1: Arrest Warrant 13/06/1969
Appendix 2: The Sword and the Ploughshare: The Terrorism Act and the Bill of Rights
Appendix 3: Principles for the Political Applications of Psychotherapy
References
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Soziologie |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| ISBN-13: | 9781789209082 |
| ISBN-10: | 1789209080 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Schlapobersky, John R. |
| Hersteller: | Berghahn Books |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John R. Schlapobersky |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,368 kg |
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