Denke wat kan Dans: Johan Degenaar en die Kuns van Gesprek
Voordrag gelewer by die Filosofie Kafee by die Breytenbach-sentrum, Wellington, 6 Mei 2022
Clearing a Path to Academia
A Tribute to Lungisile Ntsebeza Light heart and strong commitment Lungisile Ntsebeza’s commitment to his chosen path of intellectual...
Degenaar in Dialogue: An Essay in Four Parts Part Three: Dialogue as a Philosophical Art
Part Three: Dialogue as a Philosophical Art.
From the beginning of his academic career, and probably even before that, Degenaar was...
Degenaar in Dialogue: An Essay in Four Parts Part Two: Challenged to Conform
Invitation to a commemoration
In the early years of his appointment as a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch, Johan De
Degenaar in Dialogue: An Essay in Four Parts Part One: Apprentice Philosopher
The master burglar and his apprentice
There is an ancient Chinese story of a young man who approaches his father, a master burglar, and ask
Ways of Contradiction
1. Dialectic as the movement of contradiction
In dialectical thought, definitions are often a problem. Definitions imply that terms have a
Remembering Peter Hudson
I met Peter Hudson in 1986, at a conference at the University of Natal in Durban. We knew of each other by then, although we had not met...
Ancient Cultures and Modern States
In this talk I will not focus on the current, ongoing struggles of the Kurdish people and the current situation in the Middle East more...
Mediterranean Cosmopolitanism Revisited
The Mediterranean in Global Context
Once upon a time, the Mediterranean Sea was—as its name suggests—the centre of the world. It was..
The Philosophers' Cold War
Peter Laslett’s 1956 introduction to a collection of essays on Philosophy, Politics and Society begins by reflecting on the contemporary...
Third Worldism
Third Worldism and Internationalism
The theory and practice of socialist internationalism has gone through several transmutations since...
The New Politics of Afrikaans
Wat Verby Is, Is Verby: Afrikaners and Reconciliation
One of the main themes of Nelson Mandela’s presidency was that of reconciliation...