#13 Remembering Gandhi and the force of non-violence ft. Prof. Louise du Toit

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In episode 13, we chat with Jana's supervisor, Prof. Louise du Toit about her current research on Mahatma Gandhi and non-violent protests in South Africa today. You can look forward to discussions about Gandhi's spiritual ontology, a deep dive into aggressive non-violence, and how we can rethink self-care and discipline within our current political landscape. This episode was recorded a few weeks before the events that transpired in KZN & Gauteng, but we believe that it can still offer some relevant insights.

More about our guest: Louise du Toit is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Her main research interests include a wide range of themes within feminist philosophy, especially in the European and African traditions. She is interested in sexual violence, Critical Theory, political philosophy, hermeneutics, philosophy and literature, phenomenology, legal philosophy, environmental philosophy and feminist philosophy of religion. She is the author of A Philosophical Investigation of Rape: the making and unmaking of the feminine self (Routledge, 2009) and is currently working on a second monograph with the title Sexual Violence and Political Transition. She was also guest editor of ‘Rape and Its Meaning/s’, a special edition of Philosophical Papers, November 2009. She is on the editorial board of Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology, De Uil van Minerva and of Gender Questions. She is currently involved in several international research collaborations with themes including ”Towards a Political Ontology of Violence: reality, image and perception’ (Leiden University), ‘Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict’ (Hamburg Institute for Social Research), ‘Boundaries and Legal Authority in a Global Context’ (Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study), and ‘African Philosophy and Literature’ (Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program).

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