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Decolonisation as democratisation global insights into the South African experience

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Decolonisation as democratisation considers three factors that define the debate in South Africa on the decolonisation of the academy: educational aspiration, competing interests and political contestation. The book explores an academic system that attempts to serve two masters, the first being the historical beneficiaries of the academy (i.e. whiteness) and the second being those who pin their hopes on the system in order to escape abjection (i.e. blackness or indigeneity). The book highlights how the recent thrust of decoloniality protects the ideal of academic freedom and presents an argument that this ideal should not be used to protect the interests of the historical beneficiaries.

Source: Human Science Research Council SA

DOI: 10.14749/30763322

Author: Human Sciences Research Council

Language: English

Topic: African cultural and philosophical studies

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Human Sciences Research Council

OpenAlex ID: W7108322916

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