The fall of the University of Cape Town
Subtitle: Africa's leading university in decline
By: David Benatar
Publisher: Politicsweb Publishing
Published: 2021
Place of publication: [South Africa]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9783982236438; 9783982236421; 9783982236414
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Higher Education; Educational change; Universities and colleges; Student movements; University of Cape Town
Other titles: University of Cape Town
Description: "Destructive forces have been eroding the University of Cape Town, Africa's leading university. This book tells the sad, true tale of what has been transpiring. It is a saga of lunacy, criminality, pandering, and identity politics. The mad and the bad - the deranged, deluded, the depraved - have been granted endless latitude in bullying and abusing others. The decline began in 2015 with the Rhodes Must Fall protest that resulted in the offending statue's removal within a month, and which spawned similar protests abroad. Emboldened by their local success, the protestors issued new and ever-increasing demands later that year and then again in 2016 and 2017. Their methods also became criminal - including intimidation, assault, and arson. The university leadership capitulated to this behaviour, and this fostered a broader and now pervasive toxic environment within the institution." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: What are transformation and decolonization?; title: Must UCT also now fall; title: The censure; title: A blow to academic freedom; title: The taming of the Academic Freedom Committee?; title: The University of capitulation; title: The insufficiently "concerned philosophers"; title: Dr Pangloss and the best of all actual African universities; title: Academic climate change; title: The academic freedom farce continues; title: Impugning with impunity; title: Genocidal tweets; title: A very strange invitation; title: Liquid bullshit; title: Crybully medical students; title: Racial preferences; title: Selecting a dean : racists v racists xenophobes; title: Manufacturing the narrative of a racist university; title: Bending over BAC-awards; title: Excremental behaviour; title: Commandante Lushaba and the Führer; title: An enduring toxic climate; title: Conclusion