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A brief history of PINS

1983 (20 August 1983 in the Western cape), and cOSATU (congress of South African Trade Unions) in 1985 (1 December 1985 in Durban).The academic world, not known for its political activism, was also ... its political activism, was also stirring during this time. Marxist and other radical approaches were in the ascendancy in the disciplines of Sociology, especially Industrial Sociology, History

Asazi ukuthi iyozala nkomoni: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe's historical imagination of the future

This study will attempt to foreground the various underlying facets of Sobukwe's historical imagination and social philosophy through a close reading of his speeches and writings. It will be shown ... social philosophy is clearly stated by Raboroko earlier in the same document as being a contention over the political interests represented in the Freedom Charter: "[t]he crucial issue today is whether the

From apartheid to empire: How (post)apartheid South Africa became an anti-poor black society

Using psycho-political analysis as a method of seeing and interpreting, this essay meditates on why and how Frantz Fanon's observation that 'the Black is not a [hu]marí is true in (post)apartheid ... ) Postcolonialism and Political Theory. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.         [ Links ] Gordon, L (2008) An introduction to Africana philosophy. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.         [ Links ] Guelke

Anarchism and climate change activism

anarchism (opposition to the state and Marxist political parties and movements)', provide a way of distinguishing the XR from anarchism. Thus, showing how it might or might not be following in the footsteps ... , contradicts their protest as they are protesting against a political system with hierarchies. The book further explores XR's demand for a citizen's assembly and XR's theory of change, the civil resistance model

Immigration, Politics, and Mental Health: An Undergraduate Independent Study

The implications of a polarizing political climate on the plight of immigrants with disabilities in the United States are physiological and emotional. Rehabilitation and human services professionals ... -based trauma can pertain to circumstances such as a lack of healthcare access, political conflict in the country of origin, institutional betrayal, being undocumented, and the arduous visa application

The haunting quality of racism

Anti-racism has nurtured many visions of post-racism futures. All this talk and political action relies on and reproduces discourses of racism. While much of this discursive force lies in what is ... arises from such implicature. We develop a discursive account of its constitution in acts of dialogical repression, and we consider some of the social psychological and political ramifications of haunting

Journeying with Psychology in Society (PINS) and vision for the future

how political activism and professional roles intersected (and, sometimes, did not). This interaction between political activism and professional role was what I later came to know as scholar-activism ... not an exaggeration to say that PINS (along with other activist magazines like SPEAK and WIP (Work in Progress), was not only a strong emotional and political anchor during my undergraduate ad early

Writing outside history: Reification, agency and the discourse on identity and difference

The recent debates about the transformation, or decolonization, of higher education in South Africa have underscored the continuing salience of "identity" in post-apartheid political discourse ... of capital. London: Verso.         [ Links ] Ci, J (2011) Evaluating agency: A fundamental question for social and political philosophy. Metaphilosophy, 42(3), 261-281.         [ Links ] Culler, J

Understanding climate injustice as social pathology through the lens of psychoanalysis, recognition theory and critical psychology

standpoint is found in Hegel's political philosophy: social pathologies begin when institutions and social practices deviate from the progressive potential for reason attained through the course of history ... investigate political systems with respect to freedom, equality and justice, but should also reflect on the socio-emotional, intersubjective concept of vulnerability. His approach combines Hegel's theory of

Challenging Ciscentric Feminist Margins: A South African Study on Gender-Based Violence in the Lives of Black Trans Women

related to 'political blackness'-grounded in black consciousness philosophy. It refers to the black experience of all persons who have historically experienced racialised systematic disadvantage under ... largely construed as a structural and institutional phenomenon. Gender, within this framework, is framed as inescapably embedded in the political arrangements of society (Montesanti, 2015). Third-wave

A Case study of "Necklacing": When the case has a face

This article reports on, and develops, existing studies by Mbuqe (2010), and Mbuqe & Laubscher (2019). Political violence is the general phenomenon of interest, research and theoretical access to ... Emmanuel Levinas, as well as the imperatives of Unobuntu. Keywords: Nombulelo Dilato; "Necklacing"; Political Violence; Emmanuel Levinas; Responsibility     "We are bound up in a delicate network

Sobukwe and the psychosocial

The political writings of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, like those of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede and Steve Bantu Biko, are shot through with psychological notions (ideas of consciousness, mental ... ourselves from a materialist form of political critique. Hence, furthermore, the imperative Gordon (2000) asserts in respect of an anti-racist African philosophy: the need for detailed exploration of the

Asazi ukuthi iyozala nkomoni: Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe's historical imagination of the future

This study will attempt to foreground the various underlying facets of Sobukwe's historical imagination and social philosophy through a close reading of his speeches and writings. It will be shown ... social philosophy is clearly stated by Raboroko earlier in the same document as being a contention over the political interests represented in the Freedom Charter: "[t]he crucial issue today is whether the

PhDing while panicking in a Pandemic

, particularly the researcher's unique social, political and historical context (Schmid, 2019). In autoethnography research, researchers share their own stories and their voice is foregrounded in the research ... in uncovering oppressions that may be deeply hidden (Maseti, 2018). Autoethnography is also valuable in that it shows how the personal/ psychological is connected to the political, and how the

At the pillar of the proverbial Golden Calf: Sacrificing the Need for ‘Responsible Knowing’ on the Altar of a Compliance-Based Ethic

Evidence-based practice (EBP) has been promoted and adopted broadly and has led to advances in health and human services. Notwithstanding the underlying rationale of EBP philosophy to diversify the ... thinking fallacies that confound non-evidence-based “treatment as usual” practice with actual EBP philosophy. Flawed belief systems about EBP, in tandem with a compliance-based culture, fail to provide

Feeling Connected: Examining the Importance of Human Connection on the Personal Outlook of Social Service Providers Working with the Homeless During the COVID-19 Pandemic

) “collective action and cooperation,” (4) “information and communication,” (5) “social cohesion and inclusion,” and (6) “empowerment and political action” (p. 1). In this paper, we focus primarily on the first ... able to shed light on a wide variety of processes, ranging from personal, familial, and community processes, physical and mental health effects, community organizing, and even civic and political

Forgotten "young lions": Stories of political activists in the struggle against apartheid

BOOK REVIEWS Forgotten "young lions": Stories of political activists in the struggle against apartheid  Malose LangaDepartment of Psychology University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg Research ... young age. Jacklyn Cock (1991) and Monique Marks (2002) refer to this process as the politicisation or militarisation of the youth. For the youths involved, being political activists defined their

Forgotten "young lions": Stories of political activists in the struggle against apartheid

BOOK REVIEWS Forgotten "young lions": Stories of political activists in the struggle against apartheid  Malose LangaDepartment of Psychology University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg Research ... young age. Jacklyn Cock (1991) and Monique Marks (2002) refer to this process as the politicisation or militarisation of the youth. For the youths involved, being political activists defined their

Writing outside history: Reification, agency and the discourse on identity and difference

The recent debates about the transformation, or decolonization, of higher education in South Africa have underscored the continuing salience of "identity" in post-apartheid political discourse ... of capital. London: Verso.         [ Links ] Ci, J (2011) Evaluating agency: A fundamental question for social and political philosophy. Metaphilosophy, 42(3), 261-281.         [ Links ] Culler, J

Introducing Dussel: the philosophy of liberation and a really social psychology

, transmodern psychology.     INTRODUCTION. Enrique Dussel (b 1934) has made contributions to a number of fields, including the philosophy of liberation, ethics, political economy, theology and history ... earliest contact with poor rural families, voluntary work with disabled children and political activism as a teenager. From 1953 to 1957, he studied philosophy at the National University of Cuyo, Mendoza