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Author:   Michael Onyebuchi Eze ,  Lawrence Hamilton ,  Laurence Piper ,  Gideon van Riet
Publisher:   Wits University Press
Imprint:   Wits University Press
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9781776148936

ISBN 10:   1776148932
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   01 July 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Introduction Michael Onyebuchi Eze, Lawrence Hamilton, Laurence Piper and Gideon van Riet Part I Rick Turner and Contemporary Black Thinkers Chapter 1 Decolonising Resistance: Political Freedom in Rick Turner and Steve Biko - Michael Onyebuchi Eze Chapter 2 Political Change, Liberalism and Racial Utopias: Richard Turner and Sam Nolutshungu - Ayesha Omar Chapter 3 On Biko’s Turn on Turner - Tendayi Sithole Part II Turner’s Theoretical Lacunae Chapter 4 Women in the Frame: Reading Rick Turner’s Eye of the Needle through Simone de Beauvoir’s Second Sex- Paula Ensor Chapter 5 Poverty and Misplaced Prioritisation: Evaluating ‘Human Models’ and ‘Value Systems’ - John Sanni Chapter 6 Should We Take Turner’s Democratic Model Seriously? - Daryl Glaser Part III Turner and Teaching Philosophy  Chapter 7 Rick Turner and Teaching Critical Theory - Laurence Piper Chapter 8 The Relevance of Rick Turner’s Utopian Thinking for a Critical Pedagogy - Crain Soudien Part IV Rick Turner and the ‘Left’ Chapter 9 Rick Turner, An Aboveground Radical - Billy Keniston Chapter 10 Radical Contingency and Turner’s Enduring Message to Relative Privilege - Gideon Van Riet Part V On the Nature of Political Theory Chapter 11 Rick Turner and the Vision of Engaged Political Philosophy - Christine Hobden Chapter 12 What is the Point of Political Theory? - Lawrence Hamilton Contributors Index

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Michael Onyebuchi Eze (Editor) Michael Onyebuchi Eze is Research Associate and lectures in Philosophy at Leiden University. Lawrence Hamilton (Editor) Lawrence Hamilton is the Chair at the SA-UK Bilateral Research Chair in Political Theory at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Laurence Piper (Editor) Laurence Piper is Professor of Political Science at the University of the Western Cape, and University West. Gideon van Riet (Editor) Gideon van Riet is Associate Professor in Political Studies at North-West University.

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