Near the end of Albert Camus’ novel The Plague, Tarrou confesses to Dr Rieux the roots of his beliefs. To kill anybody for an … [Read more...] about The Plague: Camus, Contemporary Capitalism & Covid-19
South Africa
Sol Plaatje Part II
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Sol Plaatje Part 1
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Concerning: The Rise of the Private Art Museum in Cape Town
In 2015 I wrote an open letter to Mark Coetzee, the now ex-director of the newly opened Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art … [Read more...] about Concerning: The Rise of the Private Art Museum in Cape Town
Where I Stand 09/09/2016
One of the defining features of a modern legal system is that the authorities have an official and private self. This was not … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 09/09/2016
Where I Stand 08/06/2016
Like much of Hannah Arendt's thinking the three essays published in her book On Violence tends to need some further clarification … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 08/06/2016
The South Africa of the Mind
I was, while walking through Glasgow, listening to the audiobook of Tony Judt’s Reappraisals – a collection of essays largely … [Read more...] about The South Africa of the Mind
Where I Stand 03/06/2016
I have, over the last few weeks, been reading about violence in general and revolutionary violence in particular. This … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 03/06/2016
Where I Stand 2/06/2016
On arriving at the University of Cape Town in 1994 as a student I hurriedly joined the ANC branch on campus. Of course UCT was … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 2/06/2016
Where I Stand 26/05/2016
‘I was brought up a Marxist. Nowdays that isn’t much of a boast.’ This is how Tony Judt, one of the great liberals of the last … [Read more...] about Where I Stand 26/05/2016
