‘I take, and I am taken, by what belongs to philosophy’: Philosophy and the redemption of democracy

Shaj Mohan; Rachel Adams

doi:10.17159/sajs.2022/14926

‘I take, and I am taken, by what belongs to philosophy’: Philosophy and the redemption of democracy

Authors

Shaj Mohan Philosopher, India
Rachel Adams 1.Principal Researcher, Research ICT Africa, Cape Town, South Africa; 2.Associate Fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; 3.Research Associate, Information Law and Policy Centre, University of London, London, UK; 4.Research Associate, Tayarisha: African Centre of Excellence for Digital Governance, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1436-190X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/14926

Keywords:

metaphysics, democracy, philosophy, de-postcolonialism, criticalisation, anastasis

Abstract

This Structured Conversation is between Dr Shaj Mohan and Dr Rachel Adams. Dr Adams interviewed Dr Mohan – a leading and radical philosopher of the subaltern continent – on his work on anastasis and a world after critique, as part of the Conversations with Global Thinkers series of Science Forum South Africa 2020.

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Published

2022-10-31

Issue

Vol. 118 Special issue: Radical Reason (2022)

Section

Structured Conversation

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How to Cite

Mohan, S., & Adams, R. (2022). ‘I take, and I am taken, by what belongs to philosophy’: Philosophy and the redemption of democracy. South African Journal of Science. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2022/14926