Generalist Universe

Are Neo-Traditionalism and Decoloniality Theory alike? In this thought-provoking interview, Dr. George Hull, senior lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, dives deep into the surprising parallels between these two ideological frameworks. Exploring the concept of epistemic ethnonationalism, he explains how both schools of thought tie knowledge, values, and identity to cultural and ethnic belonging.

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Why does violence against women persist in Latin America, even as gender equality advances? In this insightful conversation, economist Caio Huck Spirandelli interviews Dr. Alice Evans, a social scientist at King’s College London, to explore the complex roots of femicide and gender violence in the region. They discuss how factors like inequality, weak state capacity, patriarchal norms, media influence, and general violence intertwin...

Kavish is a doctoral student in the Department of English Literary Studies at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests include African literature and the history of intellectual decolonization in Africa. He has worked as a culture journalist for many years, most recently as the film critic for the Sunday Times.

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Dr. Alice Evans is a Senior Lecturer in Developmental Social Sciences at King’s College London and a Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto. She is currently writing a book titled The Great Gender Divergence: Why All Societies Became More Gender-Equal, and Why Some Are More Equal Than Others. She has published on topics such as gender, urbanization, drivers of social change, inequality, and global production networks. In a...