1 Controversy and the Public Sphere: In Defence of Pluralist Deliberation
Yusef Waghid
2 Reconceiving a World Around Our Bodies: Universities, Gender-Based Violence, and Social Justice Nuraan Davids
3 Violent Pedagogy? Critical Pedagogical Self-Reflection in the Midst of Engaging the Silencing Effects of Gender- Based Violence Within the Context of Higher Education Charlene van der Walt and Judith Terblanche
4 Re-posturing the African University for Social Justice in Light of Increasing Violence Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu
5 Re-examining Instances of Cognitive Damage in South African Universities: Invoking Democratic Action Through Educational Technology Zayd Waghid and Faiq Waghid
6 Responding to the Needs of the Republic: Investigating the Democratic/Social Role of the University in Contemporary South Africa Precious Simba
7 Identity (Re)construction in Higher Education Spaces Sinobia Kenny
8 Institutional Culture and the Lived Experience of Violence on University Campuses in South Africa Janine Carlse
9 "Burn to Be Heard" The (In)dispensability of "Revolutionary" Violence in Student Protests and Responsible Citizenship in African Public Universities Joseph Pardon Hungwe and Joseph Jinja Divala
About the Author: Nuraan Davids is Professor of Philosophy of Education in the Department of Education Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University. Her research interests include democratic citizenship education; Islamic philosophy of education; and philosophy of higher education. Recent books include: The Thinking University Expanded: On Profanation, Play and Education (2020, with Y. Waghid); Democratic Education and Muslim Philosophy: Interfacing Muslim and communitarian thought (2020, with Y. Waghid); Universities, pedagogical encounters, openness, and free speech: Reconfiguring democratic education (2019, with Y. Waghid).
Yusef Waghid is distinguished professor of philosophy of education at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. He is the co-author of the following books: Teaching, Friendship & Humanity (with Nuraan Davids, Springer, 2020); Teachers Matter: Educational Philosophy and Authentic Learning (with Nuraan Davids, Lexington Publishers, 2020); and Cosmopolitan Education and Inclusion: The Self and Others in Deliberation (New York: Palgrave-MacMillan, 2020 with Chikumbutso Herbert Manthalu, Judith Terblanche, Faiq Waghid & Zayd Waghid).