THE DIALECTICS OF DIALECTICS: HOW SOCRATES SURVIVED (IN) STELLENBOSCH

  • Desmond Painter Stellenbosch University

Abstract

Nash, Andrew (2009) The dialectical tradition in South Africa. New York & London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415-97530-8 hbk. Pages xv + 247.

I can quite easily imagine – fuelled by a certain longing, no doubt – an alternative intellectual universe, proudly South African nonetheless, in which this remarkable book by Andrew Nash would have been eagerly anticipated; in which its publication would have been met by broad discussion and debate, by refinement and refutation; and in which its legacy would have included the bestowal of renewed currency, a kind of intellectual afterlife, to almost-forgotten scholars, traditions, problematics, and books …

 

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Author Biography

Desmond Painter, Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch

Published
2025-02-24
How to Cite
Painter, D. (2025). THE DIALECTICS OF DIALECTICS: HOW SOCRATES SURVIVED (IN) STELLENBOSCH. PINS-Psychology in Society, 45(2), 55-59. https://doi.org/10.17159//2309-8708/2013/n45a6
Section
Book Reviews