Discipline of Philosophy

Prof M Cloete

College of Human Sciences
School of Humanities
Department: Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
Professor Emeritus
E-mail: sekhunp@unisa.ac.za

Qualifications

  • Honours, Philosophy; UWC (1980)
  • MA, Philosophy;  UWC ( 1982)
  • MA,  Philosophy;  Duquesne University, USA  (1984)
  • DLitt et Phil.(Philosophy); University of Stellenbosch (2002) 

Books

  • Neville Alexander: towards overcoming the legacy of racial capitalism in post-apartheid South Africa. Transformation, 86 (2014) ISSN 0258-7696
  • Reflections on the Idea of Justice (and slavery) in Plato’s Political Philosophy. Greek Philosophy: Moral and Political Issues. 2015. Athens: Ionian Publications. (Book contribution).

Journal articles

  • Allan Boesak: Innocence and the struggle for humanity. Acta Theologika, 2016. Suppl 24:17-42.
  • Steve Biko: Black Consciousness and the African Other: the struggle for the political. 2019. Angelak 2019. Vol. 24 (2).

Paper presentations

  • African philosophy and the struggle for reason: reflections on Ramose’s philosophy of liberation. In, The Tenacity of Truthfulness; philosophical essays in honour of Mogobe Bernard Ramose. 2019: Mkuki Na Nyota, Dar-Es-Salaam. Helen Lauer & Helen Yitah.

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

  • The Ethics Society of Southern Africa (ESSA)
  • International Society of African Philosophy & Studies (ISAPS)
  • The South African Society for Greek Philosophy and the Humanities (SASGPH
  • Editor: Phronimon (Journal of Greek, African & Other World Philosophies)

Other

 Awards

  • Fulbright Scholarship
  • National Research Foundation