Doing justice to social justice in South African higher education
Loading...
Authors
Pillay, Venitha
Issue Date
2011
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Alternative Title
Abstract
This paper attempts to develop a conceptualisation of social justice in higher education based on a close reading of the current literature in the field. An important assumption we make is that higher education is a valuable mechanism for social justice. We set the literature against policy documents that detail South African aspirations with regard to the achievement of social justice goals. Our aim is to stimulate debate on and engagement with issues of social justice in the local and global context that continues to manifest increasing socio-economic injustices. We argue that human liberation from global social injustice is intertwined at the individual and collective level and that it requires a collective human agency inherent in the radical tradition of social justice, which exhibits impressive credentials for facilitating the achievement of social justice.
Description
Citation
Masebala Tjabane and Venitha Pillay (2011) Doing justice to social justice in South African higher education. Perspectives in Education. Volume 29, Issue 2, Jun 2011, p. 10 - 18
Publisher
University of the Free State
License
© Publisher
Journal
Volume
Issue
PubMed ID
DOI
ISSN
0258-2236