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Theory from the South

‘The Global South’ is rarely seen as a source of explanation for world historical events.

Placeholder image John Comaroff Placeholder image Jean Comaroff

Publication

Ujamaa and Ubuntu. Conceptual Histories for a Planetary Perspective

Stråth, Bo. 2024. Ujamaa and Ubuntu. Conceptual Histories for a Planetary Perspective (1st ed.). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Ujamaa...

Bo Stråth Bo Stråth

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Transdisciplinary thinking through food in South Africa

The communicative, semiotic, creative and relational meanings surrounding food expand understandings of power dynamics, identity-constitution and discursive perceptions of being human.

Desiree Lewis Desiree Lewis

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Licence to Talk

Licence to Talk is an attempt to describe the ‘actually-existing’ South African public sphere in all its messy complexity.

Anthea Garman Anthea Garman

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Beyond the Secular: Jacques Derrida and the Theological-Political Complex

Combining insights from political theology, postcolonial and critical race theories, this project interrogates the contemporary relation between religion and politics through an exploration of Jacques Derrida’s political thought.

Andrea Cassatella Andrea Cassatella

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Debating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy

Okeja, Uchenna. 2019. Debating African Philosophy: Perspectives on Identity, Decolonial Ethics and Comparative Philosophy. In G. Hull (Ed.),...

Uchenna Okeja Uchenna Okeja

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Race, decolonization, and global citizenship in South Africa

Okeja, Uchenna. 2019. Race, decolonization, and global citizenship in South Africa. Journal of the African Literature Association, 1–2. http...

Uchenna Okeja Uchenna Okeja

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Humanism, embodied knowledge, and postcolonial theory

Noyes, John. 2019. Humanism, embodied knowledge, and postcolonial theory. In M. Albrecht (Ed.), Postcolonialism Cross-Examined. Multidirecti...

John Noyes John Noyes

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Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa (The Radical Imagination)

Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff. 2012. Theory from the South: Or, How Euro-America is Evolving Toward Africa (The Radical Imagination). P...

Placeholder image John Comaroff Placeholder image Jean Comaroff

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Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa

Eze, Chielozona. 2018. Race, Decolonization, and Global Citizenship in South Africa. University of Rochester Press. https://boydellandbrewer...

Chielozona Eze Chielozona Eze

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STIAS Series Volume 5: Theory from the South – How Euro-America is evolving toward Africa

Theory from the South– How Euro-America is evolving toward Africa Jean Comaroff and John Comaroff SUN PRESS (2014, 222 pp) ISBN: 978-1-9206...

Placeholder image John Comaroff Placeholder image Jean Comaroff

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Sex and Sexuality in Africa: A Brief History

Since at least the 1980s, historians of Africa have produced a rich and nuanced scholarship on sex and sexuality on the continent.

Sarah Emily Duff Sarah Emily Duff