ACADEMIC PROFILE:

PhD, University of Johannesburg, 2017.

Ongoing Interests: My present research is focused on the historical development of political ideas and their role in shaping self-determination, communities, and identities. Currently, my work is significantly influenced by the scholarly legacy of the pioneering black sociologist W.E.B Du Bois. Additionally, my research explores the evolution of Blackness across various contexts and periods, with a particular focus on class and state formation.

Selected Publications:

Phadi, M. M. (2023). Merely liberals? Du Bois and Plaatje as radical critics of racial capitalism. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(16), 3448–3461. 

Phadi, M. M. (2023). Blighted Democracy: 30 Years On. South African Review of Sociology, 53(4), 347–349. (Editorial). 

Phadi, M. M. (2022). “Beyond this narrow now” or, delimitations, of W. E. B. Du Bois: by Nahum Dimitri Chandler, Durham & London, 2022, Duke University Press, 328pp., $27.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-4780-1480-5. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 46(8), 1760–1762.  (Book Review)

Phadi, M. (2021). The multiple consciousness of blackness: race and class in South Africa. Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 105, 52-73. 

Phadi, M. (2020). The Economic Freedom Fighters: rethinking Du Bois in a tale of Reconstruction. Review of African Political Economy, 47(165), 416–431. 

Phadi, M., & Vale, P. (2020). Inside the municipality: locating debates on local government. Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa 103, 1-11 (Co-Editor of this Special Issue).