Vista University

About: Vista University is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Boron trifluoride & Higher education. The organization has 225 authors who have published 336 publications receiving 3345 citations.

Fundamentalism – a historical survey

Abstract: Fundamentalism is a universal phenomenon which may be described from religious, sociological, political, psychological and other perspectives. The article concentrates on the phenomenon of fundamentalism in Christianity. The phenomenon has historical antecedents in the American Protestant reaction to the liberal theology of the 19 th century.

Euthanasia: reconciling culture and human rights.

Abstract: The constitutional justifiability of euthanasia will depend upon interpretation of the right to life and the right to respect for and protection of one's dignity. Pertinent issues arising hereto are: In our new value-based constitutional interpretation, what are the values underlying our multi-cultural society? Issues of death and dying are inter-linked to a civilization's world view and its approach to human dignity. Western, African and Islamic approaches will be compared. Does euthanasia negate the essential content of the right to life and is its limitation on such right reasonable/justifiable in an open and democratic society based on freedom and equality.

Space in D.B.Z. Ntuli's ‘Uthingo Iwenkosazana’

Abstract: Space in the short story ‘Uthingo Iwenkosazana’ is investigated in this article in the story-level as well as the text-level. During the discussion of theoretical issues, reference is also made to other short stories from Ntuli's oeuvre. It is pointed out that the characters find themselves mainly in two sub-spaces, and that the two major characters have to cross the borders of each other's spaces on the day of the crisis. Of cardinal importance, however, is the existence of a third sub-space: the space of the ancestors. Lastly, mention is made of the symbolic value of the rainbow.

Ideology and utopia in the early Van Wyk Louw: A preliminary investigation

Abstract: Summary Focussing on N.P. van Wyk Louw's first two collections of critical essays, Berigte te velde (1939) and Lojale verset (1939), this article considers Louw's recontextualising of the concepts “nation”, “nationalism” and “national literature”. Louw's distinction between a “national” and “colonial” literature is examined in terms of Paul Ricoeur's oppositional analysis of ideology and utopia in his Lectures on Ideology and Utopia (1986). It is argued that these two sets of binary oppositions, supported by subordinate dualisms such as individual/nation and local/universal, formed the intellectual and structural premise of Louw's redefinition of the established Afrikaans critical and creative discourse of the thirties.