Hester Du Plessis
Biographic Data
| ID | 6003374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hester Du Plessis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hester |
| FAMILY NAME | Du Plessis |
| SIGNATURE | DU PLESSIS H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pretoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7103-1037 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Protéger les Lettres et les Sciences humaines et sociales « critiques »
Les Lettres et les Sciences humaines et sociales ont une dimension critique et émancipatrice qui constitue un phénomène culturel majeur partout sur la planète. Cette tradition du savoir est cependant fragile, et menacée par trois types de phénomènes : d’une part, par des attaques anti-intellectualistes ; d’autre part, par des régimes autoritaires et des dictatures ; enfin par des transformations structurelles induites par l’utilitarisme, le manag…
Oriental Africa
Arab culture and the religion of Islam permeated the traditions and customs of the African sub-Sahara for centuries. When the early colonizers from Europe arrived in Africa they encountered these influences and spontaneously perceived the African cultures to be ideologically hybridized and more compatible with Islam than with the ideologies of the west. This difference progressively endorsed a perception of Africa and the east being “exotic” and …
Indigenous culture as a knowledge system
Complex concepts such as cultural identity, gender issues and the effects of colonialism, politics, and power structures on societies form part of the debate around indigenous culture as a knowledge system. This article makes a contribution to the debate by addressing cultural issues encountered during a cross-cultural research project based in India and South Africa. The authors reflected on some of the conceptual issues they grappled with durin…
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Oriental Africa
Arab culture and the religion of Islam permeated the traditions and customs of the African sub-Sahara for centuries. When the early colonizers from Europe arrived in Africa they encountered these influences and spontaneously perceived the African cultures to be ideologically hybridized and more compatible with Islam than with the ideologies of the west. This difference progressively endorsed a perception of Africa and the east being “exotic” and …
Indigenous culture as a knowledge system
Complex concepts such as cultural identity, gender issues and the effects of colonialism, politics, and power structures on societies form part of the debate around indigenous culture as a knowledge system. This article makes a contribution to the debate by addressing cultural issues encountered during a cross-cultural research project based in India and South Africa. The authors reflected on some of the conceptual issues they grappled with durin…
Protéger les Lettres et les Sciences humaines et sociales « critiques »
Les Lettres et les Sciences humaines et sociales ont une dimension critique et émancipatrice qui constitue un phénomène culturel majeur partout sur la planète. Cette tradition du savoir est cependant fragile, et menacée par trois types de phénomènes : d’une part, par des attaques anti-intellectualistes ; d’autre part, par des régimes autoritaires et des dictatures ; enfin par des transformations structurelles induites par l’utilitarisme, le manag…
Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · African history and culture analysis (1 works) · Ancient history (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)