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Rebutting Mamdani on Decolonization

1 November 201730 October 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 0 Comments Academia, Academic freedom, Africa, David Benatar, decolonization, Education, Fallism, Flemming Rose, Free Speech, Freedom of Speech, hate speech, Mahmood Mamdani, Marxism, social justice, Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town

‘Decolonization’ at the University of Cape Town (UCT): What is it?  How should it be achieved? Part 2: Mahmood Mamdani

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Does UCT have any principles left?

16 October 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 0 Comments #RhodesMustFall, Academia, Academic freedom, Education, Fallism, Max Price, Racialism, racism, University of Cape Town

Is the University of Cape Town (UCT) abandoning ‘universality’, academic freedom, excellence, pursuit of the ‘Truth’ and non-racialism in favour

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Mahmood Mamdani and the Academic Freedom Lecture: Public Intellectualism Gone Wrong

28 September 201726 September 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 2 Comments Academia, Academic freedom, Fallism, Flemming Rose, Free Speech, freedom of expression, Freedom of Speech, Mahmood Mamdani, University of Cape Town

On 22 August, the University of Cape Town’s 2017 T.B. Davie Memorial Lecture on Academic Freedom titled “Decolonising the Post-Colonial

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Freedom of Movement and Communication is Crucial for Progress

14 September 201714 September 2017 Michael C O'Dowd 0 Comments Academic freedom, china, Freedom of Speech, Greece, Immigration, Italy, Marxism, Refugees

Periods of Creativity Nobody who has even a slight acquaintance with world history can have failed to be struck by

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Review by peers is essential for high-quality research

20 August 201720 August 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 1 Comment Academia, Academic freedom, Peer-Review, University

This is a commentary on: “How to fix the academic peer review system” by Alex Welte and Eduard Grebe published

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Is emotion-based wisdom ‘wise’?

19 June 201718 June 2017 Prof Tim Crowe 4 Comments Academia, Academic freedom, Fallism, University of Cape Town, University of Johannesburg

This is a commentary on a piece: “What is wisdom, and is it unwise to pursue it?” authored by Thaddeus Metz,

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Academic Bias in UCT Political Theory

29 July 201617 September 2016 Nicholas Woode-Smith 3 Comments Academia, Academic freedom, bias, Politics, UCT, University of Cape Town

Academia constantly professes to be unbiased and neutral, allowing students to come to their own conclusions, yet all rational individuals

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