The humanist imperative in South Africa
Date
2011-07-21
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Academy of Science of South Africa
Abstract
South Africa faces numerous crises – those in education, health, housing, crime and corruption
come to our attention on a daily basis. There are also more fundamental issues that concern us
– economic disparities, the destruction of the environment, ethnic divisions, the rule of law and
the ‘national question’, namely our identity as South Africans in a non-racial and non-sexist
democracy. The question ‘how can our fledgling democracy not only survive but flourish?’
continually exercises our minds.
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CITATION: De Gruchy, J. W. 2011. The humanist imperative in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 107(7/8), Art.
#804, doi:10.4102/sajs.v107i7/8.804.
The original publication is available at http://sajs.co.za
The original publication is available at http://sajs.co.za
Keywords
New Humanism Project, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Human beings
Citation
De Gruchy, J. W. 2011. The humanist imperative in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 107(7/8), Art.
#804, doi:10.4102/sajs.v107i7/8.804.