Olerato K Mogomotsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 6001698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olerato K Mogomotsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olerato K |
| FAMILY NAME | Mogomotsi |
| SIGNATURE | MOGOMOTSI O K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cape Town |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5941-3676 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Rescuing the Utility of Hegelian Recognition from Ambivalence
Axel Honneth's earlier conception of recognition as an ethical ideal has received significant critique from feminist Foucauldian critical theorists, such as Judith Butler, Lois McNay and Amy Allen, for undermining how recognition can often be a conduit for subordination. As a result, there has been an increasing ambivalence about the nature of recognition in the critical theory literature. Seeing that the ambivalence critiques may engender scepti…
On the Object of History and Doing History in the Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Haydon White’s Metahistory (1973) interprets representations of history as inherently reflecting historians’ subjectivity. That is, the modes in which historians represent history are significantly determined and grounded by their ideological commitments. In this article, I offer a metahistorical analysis of the modes of doing history undertaken by the African Islamic intellectual historians Ousmane Kane and Souleymane Bachir Diagne. I critically…
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On the Object of History and Doing History in the Intellectual History of Muslim West Africa
Haydon White’s Metahistory (1973) interprets representations of history as inherently reflecting historians’ subjectivity. That is, the modes in which historians represent history are significantly determined and grounded by their ideological commitments. In this article, I offer a metahistorical analysis of the modes of doing history undertaken by the African Islamic intellectual historians Ousmane Kane and Souleymane Bachir Diagne. I critically…
Rescuing the Utility of Hegelian Recognition from Ambivalence
Axel Honneth's earlier conception of recognition as an ethical ideal has received significant critique from feminist Foucauldian critical theorists, such as Judith Butler, Lois McNay and Amy Allen, for undermining how recognition can often be a conduit for subordination. As a result, there has been an increasing ambivalence about the nature of recognition in the critical theory literature. Seeing that the ambivalence critiques may engender scepti…
Epistemology (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · African cultural and philosophical studies (1 work) · African history and culture analysis (1 work) · Ambivalence (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Cognitive science (1 work)