Outputs (2)

A Comparative Account of Decolonising Political Theory in the Global South and North: The Case of Wits and SOAS (2022)
Book Chapter
Ramgotra, M., & Omar, A. (2022). A Comparative Account of Decolonising Political Theory in the Global South and North: The Case of Wits and SOAS. In E. Walton, & R. Osman (Eds.), Pedagogical Responsiveness in Complex Contexts: Issues of Transformation, Inclusion and Equity (165-180). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12718-2

This chapter explores the notion of pedagogical responsiveness in two complex, politically intense, university teaching contexts: the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits), South Africa, and the School of Oriental and African Studies (... Read More about A Comparative Account of Decolonising Political Theory in the Global South and North: The Case of Wits and SOAS.

Time, modernity and space: Montesquieu’s and Constant’s ancient/modern binaries (2022)
Journal Article
Ramgotra, M. (2022). Time, modernity and space: Montesquieu’s and Constant’s ancient/modern binaries. History of European Ideas, 48(3), 263-279. https://doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2022.2056335

This article explores how our thinking about time shapes epistemological and ontological understandings of the world. It considers the idea of modernity as constituted by the ancient/modern binary through an examination of Montesquieu’s and Benjamin... Read More about Time, modernity and space: Montesquieu’s and Constant’s ancient/modern binaries.