Browsing Research Articles (Philosophy) by Title

Browsing Research Articles (Philosophy) by Title

Sort by: Order: Results:

  • (Un-)shackling the University in the City 
    Kistner, Ulrike (OpenJournals Publishing, 2015-11-16)
    This article examines the relation between the University of Pretoria and the City of Tshwane, outlining seven different kinds of relation as they have taken shape historically. The first type relation between the ...
  • Unchaining the human of the humanities 
    Kistner, Ulrike (Routledge, 2012)
    In his article, ‘Still searching for “the human”’, Premesh Lalu (2012, p. 1) decries the National Research Foundation’s decision to fund 60 new chairs at universities in South Africa, to foster research in line with the ...
  • Under new management : the ambiguities of 'transformation' in higher education 
    Kistner, Ulrike (Transformation, 2011)
    The academic institution in which I work makes of me – unintentionally on my part – a sociographic observer. The first thing to be noted in this sociography concerns the changing definition of the role of the university that ...
  • Universiteit als strijdtoneel. Over democratie, protest en geweld 
    Borren, Marieke (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2017-03)
    This article investigates the current student protests in South Africa in light of the meaning of democracy, the law and citizenship. It also addresses the fundamental question about the existence – if at all – of an ...
  • Unlocking human potential with ethics 
    Rossouw, Deon; Van Vuuren, Leon J. (Richard Havenga & Associates, 2005-02)
    If people are perceived to be assets and to be an organisation’s competitive edge, the business case for investing in, nurturing and developing human talent is clear. Companies not doing this may survive and could even ...
  • Verby die geweld van die metafisika : die Christelike erfenis en sekularisasie 
    Schoeman, Marinus J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 1999)
    This essay reinterprets Christian faith in terms of the contemporary philosophical discourse on nihilism and the "end" of metaphysics, especially Heidegger's ontology of "decline." If Christianity is to regain its relevance ...
  • Verby objektivisme en subjektivisme : Nietzsche se opvatting van etiese selftransendensie 
    Schoeman, Marinus J. (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2006-03)
    The issue of self-transcendence today, more than ever, confronts philosophical ethics. The challenge is to conceptualise self-transcendence in such a way that one arrives at a position beyond both the extremes of subjectivism ...
  • Virtuositeit en grootsheid : aspekte van Hannah Arendt se “buite-morele” etiek van deugdelikheid 
    Schoeman, Marinus J. (Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria, 2004)
    This article focuses on the “extra-moral” character of Arendt’s view of action and virtuousness. Particular attention is given to her a-teleological, performative (dramaturgical) view of action, which was inspired by the ...
  • Vox populi : on the idea popular public, somewhat paradoxically 
    Kistner, Ulrike (SUNMeDIA, 2014)
    Unprocedural strike action accompanied by high levels of violence pose challenges to union collective bargaining and other representative structures and institutions, evoking notions of the unruly crowd threatening ...
  • Vryheid en selfonthulling in Hannah Arendt se performatiewe opvatting van handeling 
    Schoeman, Marinus J. (Peeters Publishers, 2015)
    In the first six sections of this article the author discusses various aspects of Arendt’s view of freedom. Particular attention is given to her performative (dramaturgical) view of action and to her idea of the self-revelatory ...
  • Waarom Kant de pedofilie niet kent. Een foucaultiaanse hypothese 
    Van Haute, Philippe (Suid Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap & Kuns, 2017-03)
    In his brilliant novel Payback, Mike Nicol tells about an Anglican priest who at the end of the 18th century was burnt to death because of his paedophilic crimes. Nicol’s story seems to imply that paedophilia already ...
  • Where are we in the global poverty measurement? The human minimum model as a veritable option 
    Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Sage, 2020-06)
    A dominant conception of poverty among many researchers is that it is a form of deprivation. There is, however, more focus on the idea of poverty as physical deprivation than there is on psychological deprivation. I argue ...
  • Whites cannot be black. A Bikoist challenge to Professor Xolela Mangcu 
    Mbebe, Keolebogile (Berghahn, 2018-03)
    Professor Xolela Mangcu argues in his article ‘Whites Can Be Black’ that Steve Biko’s philosophy of Black Consciousness would support the thesis that white people can become black. In this article I argue that this thesis ...
  • Why the racial politic of colour-branding should be discontinued 
    Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Unisa Press, 2019)
    I examine colour-branding of humans, a phenomenon I denounce as leading to a dangerous “politic.” My lead questions shall be: Is it correct to profile or brand different peoples with colours? Do the symbolic meanings of ...