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Mbiti on Community in African Political Thought: Reconciling the "I

the significance of community. This analysis will enable fair engagement with Mbiti's conception of community.Keywords : Mbiti; community; personhood; Afro-communitarianism; African political philosophy. ... political philosophy     Introduction Mbiti is one of the precursors of modern African philosophy. His work sets the stage for major philosophical problems in African thought, in which the relation

Mbiti on Community in African Political Thought: Reconciling the "I

the significance of community. This analysis will enable fair engagement with Mbiti's conception of community.Keywords : Mbiti; community; personhood; Afro-communitarianism; African political philosophy. ... political philosophy     Introduction Mbiti is one of the precursors of modern African philosophy. His work sets the stage for major philosophical problems in African thought, in which the relation

Mbiti on Community in African Political Thought: Reconciling the "I

the significance of community. This analysis will enable fair engagement with Mbiti's conception of community.Keywords : Mbiti; community; personhood; Afro-communitarianism; African political philosophy. ... political philosophy     Introduction Mbiti is one of the precursors of modern African philosophy. His work sets the stage for major philosophical problems in African thought, in which the relation

Political party offers of representation for minority voters: advertising in Chinese-language newspapers in New Zealand

For reasons of both electoral competitiveness and democratic legitimacy, political parties in diverse democracies increasingly compete for the votes of immigrant and ethnic minority voters. A ... ethnic minority voters, with consequences for their political inclusion and representation. We examine how these questions have been answered in New Zealand, a country characterised by high rates of inward

Hong Kong’s new wave of migration: socio-political factors of individuals’ intention to emigrate

With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong ... contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio‑political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are

Political participation as transformative reactive mobilization: a qualitative study of voter preferences among Turkish origin residents in the Netherlands

 Netherlands Fatih Goksu Arjen Leerkes Introduction A considerable academic literature in migration studies and political science seeks to identify the factors that determine whether persons with a migration ... levels, for example, are seen as evidence that ethnic minorities have acquired a considerable level of knowledge of, and access to, the domestic political system. Furthermore, the overrepresentation of

Climate (im)mobilities in the Eastern Hindu Kush: The case of Lotkuh Valley, Pakistan

The relationship between climate, environment, and human mobility is complex as (im)mobility outcomes are influenced by multiple socioeconomic, political, and environmental factors. The current ... socioeconomic, political, and cultural drivers and human agency in migration decision-making (Black, Adger, et al., 2011; Gemenne, 2011; Romankiewicz & Doevenspeck, 2015) . The criticism of the alarmist

African Philosophy? Questioning the Unquestioned

African philosophy, at least the modern modality of its practice, is said to have been initiated by the overwhelming question concerning its existence: Is there an African philosophy? No doubt such ... concerning "knowledges" from Africa is determined by an overarching, indeed imperial, definition of what is understood to be "philosophy"; in other words, this question sought to determine whether those

Socio-psychological integration from the perspective of receiving communities: a cross-country comparison between Sweden, Germany, Croatia and Jordan

diverse socio-economic, socio-political and cultural contexts, histories of inward migration, as well as differently preferred destinations in the migration of refugees from Syria in the 2010s. The ... solidarity (Bracic, 2018; Pawlicka et al., 2019; Pedersen & Thomas, 2013; Verkuyten, 2004) , behavioural intentions (Badea et  al., 2017; Yitmen & Verkuyten, 2018) , political orientation and related

Students or internationals? Divergent patterns of governing international student mobility in Germany and the United Kingdom

international students and have experienced similar political trajectories during this period, they have pursued divergent education and immigration policies in regulating ISM. Driven by a mix of educational ... particular have contributed to its spectacular ascent. The first is educational expansion, which can be defined as a political strategy to increase tertiary enrollment across society. Historically, the need to

A Cross-cultural Feminist Analysis of Dominant Discourse on Modern Chinese Marriages: Is the personal still political?

Republic of China (PRC). In particular, this ideological critique will employ second-wave feminism's "personal as political" theoretical lens, as well as both Jacques Lacan's theory of discourse and Pierre ... is the strength of the unwanted. (Pearl S. Buck [赛珍珠] Letter from Peking 1957) cross-cultural feminist analysis; marriage practices; the personal as political; dominant gender discourse(s); People's

“My guitar is my rifle”: Mexican migrants mobilising unconventionally through arts

Diasporas can create, transform, and exploit transnational networks to engage in political movements in their homeland and in their hostland, engaging in both electoral and non-electoral politics ... . However, the individual processes of subjectivation and its relationship with arts as a form of political engagement have been under‑ explored especially in contexts of violence and insecurity. This

The majority oppressed? On asymmetrical multiculturalism and majority rights

protecting in ways that it, first, neglects ongoing processes of integration and, second, disregards possibilities for social and political change and emancipation, particularly if triggered by immigrant ... rights. In political philosophy, questions of border control are, in principle, separated from questions of domestic justice (e.g., Fine & Ypi, 2016) . Moreover, it must be noted that within the ethics

Questions of canon formation in philosophy: The history of philosophy in Africa

The history of philosophy is not just an academic discipline, but considered to be a philosophical activity itself. It has been instrumental in shaping our understanding of philosophy, our ... influence of social, political, ideological and epistemological conditions and power relationships, are of immense importance to the new study of the history of philosophy in Africa. All of these conditions

Struggles for Self-liberation in African Philosophy

Since its inception as an academic discipline, African philosophy has positioned itself at the centre of the struggle for justice and self-determination, and by that jettisoning-and rightly so-the ... colonialism in Africa resulting in the political, economic, and intellectual subordination of the continent. For that reason, African philosophy had (out of necessity) to emerge and shape itself both in

The influence of population aging on global climate policy

association between the share of the elderly and both policy ambition in climate agreements and the intensity of regulatory initiatives to fight climate change. This suggests that the increasing political ... policy ambition, as measured by their NDC pledges right after COP26, is influenced by today’s population ageing, increasingly important and gaining political influence in many countries. The 2015 Paris

Survey of public attitudes toward astronomy in Japan

interested in art and space exploration, and less interested in mythology, astrology, philosophy, religion, and physics. However, not many people, even those with some interest in astronomy, can explain the ... , Japanese culture, philosophy, religion, art, climate change, space exploration, astronomy, physics)Q5Have you studied the Universe using any of the learning opportunities?(Options: early childhood education

Covid-19, Philosophy and the Leap Towards the Posthuman

" that exposes the quadripartite alliance of a postmodernist Western philosophy, technoscience, commercial interests, and politics as the systemic drivers of this technocratic philosophical anthropology ... : Artificial Intelligence (AI); Covid-19; philosophical anthropology; philosophy of technology; technological posthumanism; transhumanism     Introduction The motif of this article is that the manner in

Reflections of West-African thought Traditions in the Context of German Enlightenment: Amo as Cross-cultural Philosopher

. To a certain degree, he was both. From traces of this awareness of his origin in the coastal area of today's Ghana, we argue for his place in African philosophy by pursuing the thesis that he should be ... , educated in German philosophical traditions and critically engaged in enlightenment philosophy. Keywords: Anton Wilhelm Amo; African philosophy; German enlightenment; African traditions; history of

Atypical citizenship regimes: comparing legal and political conceptualizations

on the content of individuals’ rights and their belonging and participation in social and political institutions, this essay shows that official membership categories that are labeled ‘citizenship’ by ... relevant terminological differentiation for political philosophy, but it seems less important from the perspective of legal state membership and its discursive conceptualizations. The disassociation between