Roundtable

The Role of Intellectuals in the State-Society Nexus

4 March 2015

Liliesleaf, 7 George Ave, Rivonia, Sandton

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

The Mapungubwe Institute (MISTRA) in partnership with Liliesleaf will jointly convene a roundtable on The Role of Intellectuals in the State-Society Nexus on 4th March 2015.

Among the issues the roundtable will seek to explore are: the place and role of intellectuals in the unfolding process of social change; whether the prominence of intellectual input into the strategic direction of society was a unique character of the phase of resistance and the early period of transition; and whether the current situation is reflective of the ‘normalisation’ of society.

Themes for the Roundtable include:

  • The intellect of power and power of intellectuals in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Theorising the South African renaissance ideal
  • Humanities and social sciences in unravelling the dynamics of class, race and gender

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