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#Blesser: A critical evaluation of conceptual antecedents and the allure of a transactional relationship #Blesser：对概念前因和交易关系吸引力的批判性评估

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-12-17 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/aa51i2.2

P. Moodley, S. Ebrahim

引用次数: 7

Religion versus state and the struggle for control in society’s developmental arena: a review 社会发展舞台上的宗教与国家及控制权之争:述评

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-12-17 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/aa51i2.1

Sunday Paul C. Onwuegbuchulam

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引用次数: 2

A ‘Right’ to the university 进入大学的“权利”

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.6

K. van Marle

引用次数: 3

Radical transformation and the limits of law 激进的变革与法律的局限

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.8

I. Shai

引用次数: 1

Spaces, places and the power of ideas (Introduction) 空间、地点和思想的力量(导论)

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.INTRO

K. van Marle

引用次数: 0

Emergence of an authoritarian democracy: the ghost of Nat Nakasa 独裁民主的出现：纳特·纳卡萨的幽灵

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.7

Keneilwe Radebe

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The #FeesMustFall protest: when the camp(u)s becomes the matrix of a state of emergency #学费必须下降抗议:当营地(u)成为紧急状态的矩阵

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.5

Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga

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Militarisation, the state of exception, and fascism in South African universities 军事化、例外状态和南非大学的法西斯主义

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.4

Michael Bongani Reinders

引用次数: 1

Lourens du Plessis’s lesson: love, politics and psychoanalysis in the age of the narcissist Lourens du Plessis的教训:自恋时代的爱情、政治和精神分析

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.9

J. Barnard-Naudé

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引用次数: 0

Public housing on ‘The Rocks’: brutalism, heritage and the defence of inhabitance “岩石”上的公共住房:野蛮主义、遗产和居住保护

Acta Academica Pub Date : 2019-05-27 DOI: 10.18820/24150479/AA51I1.1

Chris Butler

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引用次数: 1