The Humanistic Imperative in African Politics

African Librarianship: A Relic, a Fallacy, or an Imperative?

Teacher and Learner in Humanistic Language Teaching

Since ‘the development of whole person’ was brought to the focus of attention by humanist psychologists as a central concern in educational theory, affective variables have been assumed to have a significant share in the learning process that goes on in a pedagogical setting. Meanwhile, the process of second language development, because of the very nature of language as a vehicle for communica...

Humanistic psychology (the third-force)

The term ‘third force’ is actually a general categorisation of several orientations and emphases within psychology. The third force may be anything, which is not behaviourism or psychoanalysis. Elements of this third force are humanism, phenomenology, or existentialism. This movement is multifaceted in nature: it consists of diverse, even conflicting components. It is both a reaction to and an ...

The Politics of Researching Global Health Politics; Comment on “Knowledge, Moral Claims and the Exercise of Power in Global Health”

In this comment, I build on Shiffman’s call for the global health community to more deeply investigate structural and productive power. I highlight two challenges we must grapple with as social scientists carrying out the types of investigation that Shiffman proposes: the politics of  challenging the powerful; and the need to investigate types of expertise that have traditionally been thought o...

The imperative to treat: the South African state's constitutional obligations to provide antiretroviral medicines.

South Africa is in the grips of a shattering HIV and AIDS pandemic, with over eleven percent of its population infected. The pandemic’s magnitude demands urgent and effective action to limit infection rates and mitigate impact, with the provision of antiretroviral medicines being a critical element of a comprehensive continuum of prevention, treatment, care and support. While these medicines ca...