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    The university in techno-rational times: Critical university studies, South Africa
    with Aslam Fataar, Shireen Motala, Premesh Lalu, Sarah Nuttall, Kirti Menon, and Luan Staphorst
    Educational Philosophy and Theory 55 (7): 835-843. 2023.
    This concept note was produced for a symposium held under the banner of Critical University Studies – South Africa (CUS-SA) at the University of Johannesburg in August 2022. The opening plenary session was addressed by Profs. Premesh Lalu, Sarah Mosoetsa and Sarah Nuttall. A summary of a paper prepared for this symposium by Michael Peters on the university in techno-rational times was presented as part of the panel. The rest of the symposium featured critical discussion in response to this conce…Read more
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    This book engages with human rights and human rights education in ways that offer opportunities for criticality and renewal. It takes up various ideas, from critical and decolonial theories to philosophers and intellectuals, to theorize the renewal of HRE as Critical Human Rights Education. The point of departure is that the acceptable “truths” of human rights are seldom critically examined, and productive interpretations for understanding and acting in a world that is soaked in the violations t…Read more