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The fall of the University of Cape Town : Africa's leading university in decline
- Title
- The fall of the University of Cape Town : Africa's leading university in decline / David Benatar.
- Author
- Benatar, David
- Publication
- [South Africa] : Politicsweb Publishing, [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- vii, 481 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Destructive forces have been eroding the University of Cape Town, Africa's leading university. This book tells the sad, true tale of what has been transpiring. It is a saga of lunacy, criminality, pandering, and identity politics. The mad and the bad - the deranged, deluded, the depraved - have been granted endless latitude in bullying and abusing others. The decline began in 2015 with the Rhodes Must Fall protest that resulted in the offending statue's removal within a month, and which spawned similar protests abroad. Emboldened by their local success, the protestors issued new and ever-increasing demands later that year and then again in 2016 and 2017. Their methods also became criminal - including intimidation, assault, and arson. The university leadership capitulated to this behaviour, and this fostered a broader and now pervasive toxic environment within the institution." --
- Subject
- University of Cape Town
- Education, Higher > South Africa > Cape Town
- Educational change > South Africa > Cape Town
- Universities and colleges > South Africa > Cape Town
- Student movements > South Africa > Cape Town
- Education, Higher
- Educational change
- Student movements
- Universities and colleges
- South Africa > Cape Town
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-473) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- What are transformation and decolonization? -- Must UCT also now fall -- The censure -- A blow to academic freedom -- The taming of the Academic Freedom Committee?-- The University of capitulation -- The insufficiently "concerned philosophers" -- Dr Pangloss and the best of all actual African universities -- Academic climate change -- The academic freedom farce continues -- Impugning with impunity -- Genocidal tweets -- A very strange invitation -- Liquid bullshit -- Crybully medical students -- Racial preferences -- Selecting a dean : racists v racists xenophobes -- Manufacturing the narrative of a racist university -- Bending over BAC-awards -- Excremental behaviour -- Commandante Lushaba and the Führer -- An enduring toxic climate -- Conclusion
- Call Number
- ReCAP 23-2991
- ISBN
- 9783982236438
- 3982236436
- OCLC
- 1287995034
- Author
- Benatar, David, author.
- Title
- The fall of the University of Cape Town : Africa's leading university in decline / David Benatar.
- Publisher
- [South Africa] : Politicsweb Publishing, [2021]
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 422-473) and index.
- Research Call Number
- ReCAP 23-2991