Willem Gravett
Biographic Data
| ID | 5931041 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Willem Gravett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Willem |
| FAMILY NAME | Gravett |
| SIGNATURE | GRAVETT W |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7400-0036 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Digital Coloniser? China and Artificial Intelligence in Africa
By using African countries as laboratories to improve its AI-based technologies, China is also reinforcing African governments’ illiberal and authoritarian tendencies
Jan Christian Smuts (1870–1950) in Context
This article engages with the recent scholarship of Mark Mazower and Jeanne Morefield regarding the South African and Commonwealth statesman Jan Christian Smuts (1870–1950), and in particular with their contention that Smuts was preoccupied with issues of racial superiority, and that this was his main motivator in matters of politics, both internationally and domestically. However, during his lifetime Smuts did not see the ‘Native question’ in th…
The Smutsian concept of ‘human rights
As the historian, Mark Mazower, illustrates in No Enchanted Palace (2009), the origins of human rights standards are not as pristine and pure as humankind generally would like to believe. Mazower raises the question of the part played by Jan Smuts in the creation of the post-Second World War global institutions. How was it that the prime minister of a state based on racial segregation became one of the initiators of the United Nations discourse o…
Digital Coloniser? China and Artificial Intelligence in Africa
By using African countries as laboratories to improve its AI-based technologies, China is also reinforcing African governments’ illiberal and authoritarian tendencies
Jan Christian Smuts (1870–1950) in Context
This article engages with the recent scholarship of Mark Mazower and Jeanne Morefield regarding the South African and Commonwealth statesman Jan Christian Smuts (1870–1950), and in particular with their contention that Smuts was preoccupied with issues of racial superiority, and that this was his main motivator in matters of politics, both internationally and domestically. However, during his lifetime Smuts did not see the ‘Native question’ in th…
The Smutsian concept of ‘human rights
As the historian, Mark Mazower, illustrates in No Enchanted Palace (2009), the origins of human rights standards are not as pristine and pure as humankind generally would like to believe. Mazower raises the question of the part played by Jan Smuts in the creation of the post-Second World War global institutions. How was it that the prime minister of a state based on racial segregation became one of the initiators of the United Nations discourse o…
Jan Christian Smuts (1870–1950) in Context
This article engages with the recent scholarship of Mark Mazower and Jeanne Morefield regarding the South African and Commonwealth statesman Jan Christian Smuts (1870–1950), and in particular with their contention that Smuts was preoccupied with issues of racial superiority, and that this was his main motivator in matters of politics, both internationally and domestically. However, during his lifetime Smuts did not see the ‘Native question’ in th…
Digital Coloniser? China and Artificial Intelligence in Africa
By using African countries as laboratories to improve its AI-based technologies, China is also reinforcing African governments’ illiberal and authoritarian tendencies
Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Australian History and Society (1 work) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Charter (1 work) · China (1 work)