Browsing by Subject "Freedom"
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The enchantment of freedom at University of the Western Cape
(José Frantz, 2020)The history of the modern university is ,first and foremost ,the history of the unfolding of complex problematics of a planetary condition through established scientific and humanistic inquiry. Defined as such, the work ... -
Liberal democracy and the genetic supermarket: autonomy and freedom in Jürgen Moltmann’s political theology and biotechnology.
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, Stellenbosch., 2015)In this article, the concept of “liberal democracy” and its implications for biotechnology such as human genetic engineering will be examined. Liberal democracy is characterised by a number of features, some of which has ... -
On crime and punishment: Derrida reading Kant
(Springer Nature, 2019)This essay enquires into the implications for criminal law of Derrida’s analysis in the Death Penalty seminars. The seminars include a reading of Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals, specifcally Kant’s refections on the sovereign ... -
Representing Hamilton
(Taylor & Francis group, 2017)In his most important book to date, Freedom is Power: Liberty Through Political Representation (2014b), Lawrence Hamilton offers what he describes as a realistic theory of freedom for modern conditions, located in the ... -
South African National Defence Force (SANDF) drops charges against hijab-wearing officer: Case in point South Africa
(Academy of Islamic Studies, University of Malaya, 2021)Over the last few decades, a piece of fabric has become a powerful and divisive symbol worldwide. Since the tragic events of 9/11, this piece of fabric has become a topic of great debate, at local, national, regional and ... -
The value of information in South Africa’s new democracy
(Emerald, 2018)PURPOSE – The purpose of this paper is to trace and analyse the relationship between information and democracy in the old and in the new South Africa. The authors interrogate the applicability to the situation of the ... -
Worrier state: Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2023)While reading Nicky Falkof’s Worrier State: Risk, anxiety, and moral panic in South Africa, I couldn’t help but think of the video of Nina Simone being interviewed that often floats around social media where she is asked ...
