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Title: Authoritarianism, Resistance, and the Future of Democratic Education in South Africa: The University Betrayed. Routledge Focus. Routledge Research in Higher Education
Language: English
Authors: Yusef Waghid
Source: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 2026.
Availability: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. 7625 Empire Drive, Florence, KY 41042. Tel: 800-634-7064; Fax: 800-248-4724; e-mail: cserve@routledge-ny.com; Web site: http://www.routledge.com
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 82
Publication Date: 2026
Intended Audience: Students; Teachers
Document Type: Book
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Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Universities, Institutional Mission, Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Democracy, Educational Change, Resistance to Change, Neoliberalism, Critical Theory, Colonialism, Commercialization, Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Freedom, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, Role of Education
ISBN: 978-1-04-116302-2
Abstract: Through a fusion of autoethnography and critical theory, this bold, cutting-edge volume examines how South African universities, instead of fulfilling their post-apartheid promise of democratic transformation, have become sites of bureaucratic control, epistemic erasure, and neoliberal authoritarianism. Drawing on African critical theorists such as Frantz Fanon, Achille Mbembe, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the book interrogates the coloniality of knowledge, the corporate instrumentalisation of higher education, and the role of AI-driven surveillance in policing thought. It critically engages with movements like #FeesMustFall, positing that universities have become complicit in state repression. Amidst this backdrop, the book envisions an alternative -- one where the university is reclaimed as a site of insurgent knowledge, radical democracy, and epistemic justice. Positioned as both a theoretical intervention and a real-world call to action, the book encourages students, scholars, and educators to reclaim higher education as a practice of freedom, resistance, and liberation.
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