Globalization And Postcolonial Studies Research Papers (original) (raw)

2025, ОСВІТНЬО-НАУКОВИЙ ПРОСТІР

2025, The European English Messenger

Paving the ways of seeing and willing a moral universe of freedom, equality, and social justice within and among the nations of the earth is surely the special mission of art. Art is dreams of freedom and creativity. Ngŭgĭ wa Thiong'o, 1998, 131. Many authors from the former British empire produce a wonderful range of novels. One of the most distinguished writers is Ngŭgĭ of Kenya. He is exceptional in that after writing a handful of successful novels in English he switched to producing plays and novels in an African language, Gĭkŭyŭ, so as to reach a very different audience. He has also written an impressive range of scholarly books, the most famous of which is Decolonising the mind. The politics of language in African literature (1981), updated in a series of lectures in Oxford, published as Penpoints, gunpoints, and dreams. Towards a critical theory of the arts and the state in Africa (1998). Ngŭgĭ's latest book, Wizard of the crow, is a landmark in African and world literature, a novel written and published initially in Gĭkŭyŭ, then translated by the author into English. It is a monumental, allembracing work in the Tolstoyan tradition, satirical in the spirit of Cervantes, and Orwellian in its moral indignation and political commitment. The narrative also draws extensively on an African cosmology of wisdom, folklore, the grotesque and the fantastic: as one of the story's narrators puts it, 'In his tongue the real and the marvellous flowed out of each other' (op.cit., p. 570).

2025, Journal of Labor and Society

Unequal exchange is a foundational concept in Marxist political economy, highlighting how the enduring imbalance between core and peripheral regions stems from the core's appropriation of a disproportionate share of the value produced in the periphery. This occurs by establishing average global profit rates and international market prices across the global market despite stark wage disparities. Today, global trade inequality and value transfers largely stem from multinational corporations relocating production to periphery countries, where similar productivity levels are achieved, but wage disparities only grow. These terms of trade underscore the supremacy of the law of capitalist accumulation over a monopoly driven global economic order. Mexico's export manufacturing sector illustrates this pattern, with productivity levels comparable to those in the United States yet a widening wage gap. This study highlights that wage disparities are crucial for monopoly capital accumulation, resulting in diminished wages and precarious social conditions in Mexico.

2025, Cuadernos de Historia Moderna

2025

This paper focuses on the legacy of tribal leader Birsa Munda in regard of decolonization as well as crossborder indigenous solidarity. This paper traces Munda's life from his childhood and analyzes his attempts at autobiography as well as other representations of his life and myth in the greater context of his ethnicity. The examination reveals that not only do ethnic minorities use autobiographical elements to construct an identity but may also mythologize ethnicity to achieve larger social and political objectives. Employing document-based research, this paper attempts to give Munda the proper place in history by putting his disengagement from the passive victim identity and actively participating in the history of the world he was inscribed in. He envisioned a pointing to the events that were not merely phenomenological but constitute reality to the extent which they invariably impact another region of the world. The examination portrays the processes which formed and reformed the tribal political movements in the background of the other emerging social movements. This scholar captures the idea of cross-border indigenous solidarity, particularly on how Munda's activism seems to have anticipated contemporary global movements such as the Zapatista uprising and the Standing Rock protests. Munda's activism is illustrative of the interlinkage among indigenous struggles for selfdetermination and justice, which calls out for the formation of global coalitions. This study marks the importance of Birsa Munda in the context of global indigenous resistance that is framed by the preservation of culture, land, and self-determination as fundamental aspects of unity. The focus of the research is on the continuing legacy of Munda's leadership and how it relates to contemporary indigenous struggles throughout the world, which reinforces the need for collective action and unity in resisting colonial domination.

2025, AuthorsPress

Popular opinion suggests that people who identify as queer aspire to replicate and emulate, within their relationships, the heteronormative man-woman binary model in their romantic endeavours. This belief holds strength due to the fact that the queer body has no power or control over the language and aesthetic imposed over them. However, despite the fact that queer relationships have not found expressive agency in the writings of Indian English Fiction in the post-colonial days, we do see a sluggish (not by choice) march towards overt impressions and covert expressions of sex and sexuality in queer bodies since the decriminalization of homosexual sex between consenting adults in India. This paper would like to shed light upon the fact that most gender queer narrative is drawn from the location of the oppressed and viewed with the lens of multiple marginalisations imposed by the patriarchal heteronormative societal structure. It can be seen that the expression of sex and sexuality in queer intimacies is seen to be operating under erasure and also self-censorship.

2025, African Union Commission & APSTA

This chapter reviews the Rwandan genocide experience and its critical influence on the subsequent development of Africa’s collective security framework. The defunct Organisation of African Unity (OAU) had operated on the principle of “non-interference” in internal affairs of Member States, and absolute respect for their sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence. Moreover, the conflict handling structures of OAU were largely dormant before 1990. Between April and July 1994, African and the entire world was shocked as they witnessed one of the most gruesome murder and massacre of close to 800,000 Rwandans within a short period of about 100 days.. Yet, the nations that matter most within the UN Security Council, for unstated reasons, declined commitment to accord the UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda UNAMIR the required resources for its mission in Rwanda. Instead, Rwanda and the international community became seized with the politics and debate regarding the concept of genocide. The controversy hinged on the most politically correct nomenclature for the events of April-July 1994 in Rwanda, as major culprits frantically sought self-exoneration. The UN finally accepted to call it ‘genocide against the Tutsis’ almost two decades afterwards. Rwanda on the other hand remains embroiled in a genocide revisionist debate. The chapter is focused not on these debates, but on the critical influence of the Rwanda crisis, on the mindset within the OAU, which hassled to the renewal of the continent’s apparatus for collective security. Most importantly, the Rwanda experience should facilitate expedited action on operationalising the ASF and the ACIRC as planned

2025, LWATI: A Journal of Contemporary Research

As debates on feminism, gender consciousness and human rights continually dominate discussions of women writers globally, it is generally upheld by feminists that the political, socio-cultural, economic and religious discrimination that stifles women"s growth are as a result of stringent repressive patriarchal structures. As such, the feminist angst is targeted at pulling down chauvinistic walls for the emancipation of the women folk. However, true as this may be, this paper attempts a deconstructive re-reading of Akachi Ezeigbo"s Trafficked and Chika Unigwe"s On Black Sisters' Street to argue that violence, injustice, slavery and brutality are also being meted out by women against their fellow women. Thus, using the novels as an expose of this contemporary malaise, the paper critically interrogates the violence that surrounds migration and the trafficking of women, particularly, the girl child. This paper is vehemently critical of the actions of their "madams" who, despite being in positions of privilege and power, are complicit actors in the truncation of the destinies of their fellow women. This paper also analyses the authors" use of language and imagery to explore the issues of migration and exploitation in their respective novels.

2025

Cigref is a network of major French companies and public administrations set up in order to develop its members' ability to acquire and master digital technology. It is a key player and federating body in the digital society, thanks to its high-quality thinking and the extent to which it represents its members. Created in 1970, Cigref is a not-for-profit body in accordance with the French 1901 Law of Associations. It counts among its members some 150 major French corporations and public administrations across all business sectors. It is overseen by 15 board members who are elected by the General Assembly. Its day-to-day work is carried out by a team of ten permanent members of staff. Intellectual copyright All Cigref publications are made freely available to the general public but remain protected by the applicable laws on intellectual property.

2025, Masterarbeit Elias Korte

Abstract (Deutsch) Die Masterarbeit untersucht die Umsetzung der Kernarbeitsnormen der International Labour Organization (ILO) in der kolumbianischen Bananenindustrie. Im Fokus stehen insbesondere die Rechte auf Vereinigungsfreiheit,... more

2025, Path of Sciences

This study examines the inaugural speeches of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State in two distinct political contexts: first, following the sudden demise of his immediate predecessor, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, and second, after he emerged victorious in the 2024 governorship election. Adegbija's Eight Discourse Tacts approach underpins the analysis and provides a viewpoint for inspecting the strategic deployment of language in political discourse. These speeches are analysed to examine how Aiyedatiwa navigates the waves of leadership transition, political collapse, and popular expectation. stability in government and addressing socio-political issues in a complex democratic environment.

2025

Jusqu’il y a peu, le Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale à Tervuren était considéré comme un des derniers musées coloniaux du monde. Des changements sont apparus ces dernières années et un processus de transformation et de rénovation a été initié. Cet article décrit comment le MRAC, à la fois musée, institut de recherche et centre de diffusion des connaissances, se développe progressivement en centre de référence moderne et dynamique consacré à l’Afrique, en particulier l’Afrique centrale, comment il remplit son rôle social dans un monde toujours plus globalisant et multiculturel, et quels sont les défis pour l’avenir.

2025

This study critically examines Nadine Gordimer's short story Country Lovers through the lens of postcolonial and feminist theory to explore how the narrative reflects the intersection of race, gender, and power during apartheid-era South Africa. Focusing on the tragic relationship between Paulus, a white farmer's son, and Thebedi, a Black farmworker's daughter, the research analyzes how Gordimer exposes the structural violence and social injustices that result from racial segregation, social inequality and patriarchal dominance. By investigating character dynamics, setting, and symbolism, the study reveals how Country Lovers critiques systemic oppression and highlights the dehumanization of Black women under colonial and apartheid structures. The findings underscore the role of literature in challenging societal injustices and contributing to broader discourses on racial and gender inequality.

2025

This paper examines the quest for home and belonging of Palestinians and their descendants in various spatialities and the issue of in-between-ness as it is depicted in Susan Abulhawa's The Blue Between Sky and Water (2015). Via adopting a geocritical spatial theoretical framework, this article sheds light on how Arab-Americans, namely Palestinian immigrants, realize their identity in diaspora and manage to establish their unique homes despite the senses of non-belonging and homelessness. The paper investigates some of the novel's characters, particularly Nur, and her journey of self-discovery and belonging. In the novel, Nur is relentlessly out of place as she is caught between the binaries of the East and the West amidst a topophobic/philic reality. Thus, this paper illustrates how Abulhawa displays the struggle of finding home and belonging for Palestinians and their offspring outside of the homeland.

2025, MUKT SHABD JOURNAL

Postcolonial Ecocriticism is an emerging interdisciplinary field that synthesizes the insights of postcolonialism and ecological literary studies to examine how colonial regimes impacted the environment and exploited the natural resources of colonized nations. R. K. Narayan's novel Waiting for the Mahatma, though predominantly a love story set against the backdrop of the Gandhian freedom movement, carries deep environmental and political undertones. This novel subtly reveals the far-reaching consequences of British colonial rule on India's rural and ecological landscape. It portrays how colonial policies resulted in the depletion of natural resources, deforestation, agricultural ruin, and famine in rural and tribal regions. Through a nuanced reading of the novel, this article explores the intersections of environmental degradation and colonial exploitation. Using a postcolonial ecocritical lens, it argues that Narayan, often deemed apolitical, articulates a layered critique of imperial environmental plunder and its effects on rural India. The study thus aims to highlight how Waiting for the Mahatma anticipates key concerns of postcolonial ecocriticism even before the term was academically formalized.

2025, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Cet article étudie la "performance poetry" de l'écrivain John Agard dans la perspective de son utilisation du rapport entre voix et silence. Par une pratique de la poésie qui reflète les traditions orales de la Caraïbe, John Agard explore et dramatise les différentes formes de silence qui sous-tendent les relations entre races et cultures dans la Grande Bretagne contemporaine. En regardant ses poèmes dans la perspective de l'étude de la voix proposée par Mladen Dolar dans A Voice and Nothing More, on peut mieux comprendre la façon dont Agard utilise le son de sa voix pour révéler les silences qui hantent un langage qui a partie liée avec les silences du passé colonial.

2025

Transgender communities worldwide face multifaceted challenges, including high rates of violence, systemic discrimination, and inadequate legal protections. This paper explores these issues within two distinct socio-legal contexts: India and the United States. By examining both historical and contemporary factors, it highlights how deeply ingrained biases, institutional failures, and inadequate legal frameworks perpetuate the marginalisation of transgender individuals. The paper further compares the evolving legal landscapes in India and America, emphasising the successes, shortcomings, and areas needing urgent reform. Drawing on existing literature, policy analysis, and grassroots activism, it concludes with recommendations for policymakers, advocacy groups, and researchers to foster a more inclusive and equitable environment for transgender communities in both nations.

2025

The study of the work of the Chilean Jesuit Juan Ignacio Molina (1740Molina ( -1829)), especially since the Chilean historiography, has accused an important criticism myopia about of the naturalist that constantly has been considered, with fairly light weight, as the "first Chilean scientist". The fundamental importance of exile as a scientific vocation, the European controversies about the New World and the institutional conditions and political mechanisms that allowed the development of scientific knowledge in late eighteenth century are elements that have not been integrated into the analysis of the work of the naturalist Chilean who came to integrate the Bologna Academy of Sciences. Therefore, the proposed historical analysis of this article seeks to break the apologetic historiography in order to present the work and figure of the Chilean Jesuit in a broad historical context, in an attempt to provide alternative answers, shows part of the political and epistemological problems that influenced the development of scientific thought of the Chilean naturalist.

2025, Global and Regional Governance in a Multi-Centric World

The European Union, Emerging Countries, and the Future of Global Governance

2025, International Journal of Current Research in Education, Culture and Society

Comedy is the manifestation of societal realities that is often portrayed in mockery way. It entertaining acts and therapeutic functions to its live audience give healthy sensibilities. In Africa, comedy is a cultural practice in indigenous ritual performances though it implied. In contemporary days, comedy is mirth and succour to societal tensions. Previous studies examined it from entertaining and therapeutic aspects without deeply examining it from its evolution, significance and impact. This study, therefore, explores the dynamic role humour in African cultural expressions, examining its evolution, significance and impact. Through a critical analysis of various performance forms, this study reveals how comedic practices shape and reflect African identities, challenge societal norms, and navigate tradition and innovation. By investigating the complexities of comedic elements in African performances, this research provides new insights into the continent's rich cultural heritage and multifaceted nature of African comedy. Comedic performances were gathered across African continent. They were selected based societal significance and impact. Freudian theory was used to analyze data. Data were subjected to content analyses.

2025

Oju nkita anya, otaa ma onye nwe ya" (When a dog gets confounded, it attacks even its master) -Igbo Proverb

2025, Creative Artist: A Journal of Theatre and Media Studies

The better part of the world runs on ideas and ideologies; and the Manichaean concept although from an extinct religion of yore has been brought to the fore on the contemporary issue of good governance and social stability. The Manichaean idea of duality and dichotomy based on good and evil is brought on the fictive verisimilitude of Esiaba Irobi’s play, Nwokedi to bear on governance and social stability in Nigeria. The outcome is more or less a warning of sorts: that it is important to prevent restiveness and a bloody revolution like the Nwokedi example, than to face the dilemma of the inevitable but not totally predictable duality of outcomes. Introduction Apart from the large corpus of religious literature regarding the beginnings, nature, beliefs, spread, and influence of the Persian Mani and the Gnostic religion he founded, the associative word ‘Manichaean’ has had more than the ordinaryand normal usages (religious) it should originally. In the contemporary world, it has acquir...

2025, Mgbakoigba: Journal of African Studies

Oju nkita anya, otaa ma onye nwe ya" (When a dog gets confounded, it attacks even its master) -Igbo Proverb

2025, Sulaiman Mudasiru Babatunde

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In this article the therapeutic function of afrophonie in Léonora Miano’s Crépuscule du tourment I, is examined. Therein, language serves as a crucial healing mechanism for African characters confronting the legacies of colonial trauma. Drawing on postcolonial theory, narrative healing, and collective memory, the study analyzes how Miano uses afrophonie to express psychological and cultural wounds while fostering resilience and reaffirming African identity. Through an analysis of key passages, the article demonstrates how Miano’s characters engage with historical wounds through afrophonie, finding in language a means to connect individual and collective narratives. This approach transforms the text into a healing milieu, where dialogue with the past enables characters to rebuild and re-establish a sense of belonging. By positioning afrophonie as a vehicle for cultural resilience, this article suggests that Crépuscule du tourment I offers a therapeutic model through which African literature can serve as both a memorial and a remedy for identities in search of reclamation.

2025, Critical Collective

Placed in the context of current national and global cultural politics and contemporary art theory, Kapur’s latest book foregrounds her renewed engagement with the category of the avant-garde from the position of the Global South.

2025, Tairan (তাইরান)

শেক্সপিয়রের রচনায় 'বর্ণবাদ' পর্যালোচনা উইলিয়াম শেক্সপিয়র বিশ্বসাহিত্যে এক অনবদ্য নাম। তিনি অসাধারণ ৩৭ টি নাটক লিখেছেন। নির্মাণ করেছেন মানুষের মনস্তাত্তিক জগৎ। এনেছেন ধর্ম, রাজনীতি, সমাজ, রাষ্ট্র ও পরিবার এবং প্রেম। এর মধ্যে আছে... more

2025, Langit

Eco-criticism plays a vital role in the literary world. It bridges the connection between literature and nature and provides a geocentric approach to study literature. Eco-criticism becomes apparent in 1990s, in response to growing anthropogenic activities and its impact on nature. The present research examines Amitav Ghosh's, The Hungry Tide (2004) as the basis for conducting an in-depth analysis of the linkage between literature and environment. It further studies the notions of Ecology; Its preservation and destruction. The Hungry Tide is Amitav Ghosh's 4th novel. It is a paragon in representing the bond between human and nature. The narrative is intricately set in Sundarbans, giving the readers a glimpse of the inhabitants of the island. The protagonist, a young cetologist travels to Sundarbans in search of the 'Orcaella', the endangered dolphins. Through an Eco-critical lens, this observation seeks to unravel the contribution of the novel in ecological consciousness and the effect of anthropogeneous acts on the nature and how one can recoup the essence of nature. This study will show how flora and fauna is being affected by the human activities and suggest some ways how one can make harmony and balance between human and nature.

2025

What passes for decolonization in the academy today too often amounts to polite dissonance—a choreography of inclusion that leaves epistemic structures untouched. My critical reading of Tharaphi Than’s “Why Does Area Studies Need Decolonization?” takes its cue from Chinua Achebe’s defiant clarity: It asks whether gestures toward decoloniality are dismantling the frame or merely repainting it. This is not just a scholarly disagreement but a political reckoning of how empires survive in our thinking.

2025

AmitavGhosh's The Hungry Tide reflects on persistent tragedy of the tide country people and their continual struggle for survival. The topography, the fauna and the waterways of Sundarbans decides the fate of the people. The many histories of Sundarbans form the focal point of The Hungry Tide. As Kanai reads the diary of Nirmal, the stories of Kanai's own memories of the visit he paid to Sundarbans as a child and the historical eviction of the refuge settlers from the island of Morichjhapi in 1979 portrays nature and the inter-dependence of man and nature. The various characters too benefit from the environment. Piya and Kanai learn humility and sacrifice as they are confronted by the tragedies and the quiet heroism of the people. Ecology and humanity co-exist with one another as a part of one of the successful attributes of Globalisation.

2025, Iberoforum Revista De Ciencias Sociales De La Universidad Iberoamericana

2025, IAM Intense Art Magazine

À Lubumbashi, la cinquième Biennale d’art contemporain se prépare. Dans quelques semaines la ville phare du Haut-Katanga à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo se verra remuée par les événements. Le ton est donné, « Éblouissements » . Pendant plus d’un mois, du 7 octobre au 12 Novembre 2017, les œuvres d’artistes internationaux et locaux s’articuleront autour de ce thème inspiré par les écrits de Joseph Tonda, essayiste gabonais. Au cœur d’une rencontre majeure de l’art contemporain sur le continent, qu’en sera-t-il du regard que les artistes porteront sur les dynamiques particulières de la RDC et de la place des artistes femmes ? Échange avec le commissaire d’exposition Toma Muteba Luntumbue.

2025

Puji dan syukur kami haturkan kepada Tuhan Yang Maha Esa atas rahmat dan karuniaNya sehingga kami dapat menyelesaikan makalah yang berjudul Memahami Kebudayaan Global, Tunggal, dan Universal Di Era Modern. Kebudayaan global merupakan sebuah fenomena yang semakin berkembang seiring dengan pesatnya kemajuan di bidang teknologi, komunikasi, dan pergerakan manusia. Fenomena ini menjalin hubungan yang lebih dekat antara berbagai budaya yang sebelumnya terpisah oleh jarak dan waktu. Di satu sisi, kebudayaan global memberikan kesempatan untuk memperkaya hidup dengan mengenal dan menghormati budaya lain, memperluas pemahaman, serta mendorong kolaborasi antarnegara. Dalam proses penyusunan makalah ini, kami menerima banyak masukan dan bantuan dari berbagai pihak. Terima kasih kami sampaikan kepada guru pembimbing yang telah memberikan arahan serta rekan-rekan yang telah mendukung selama proses penulisan ini. Kami berharap makalah ini dapat bermanfaat bagi semua pihak yang peduli terhadap permasalahan Memahami Kebudayaan Global, Tunggal, dan Universal Di Era Modern dan menjadi referensi dalam upaya menambah wawasan serta pengetahuan generasi mendatang.

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2025, Exploitation of African Resources and Indigenous People: A Postcolonial Study of Conrad's Heart of Darkness

Colonialism, far from being a mere economic enterprise, functioned as a mechanism of moral corruption and ideological domination. The study interrogates Heart of Darkness as a textual space where the moral corruption and economic rapacity of colonialism are unmasked, with a particular emphasis on the novel's depiction of the ivory trade and the systemic exploitation of Africa's Indigenous communities. Based on postcolonial theory and historical context, this study uses a close-reading approach to show how Conrad reveals the psychological breakdown of its European actors in addition to the harsh material effects of imperial expansion. The findings contend that the narrative addresses the ethical and ideological inconsistencies that uphold colonial enterprises, going beyond a simple critique of economic looting. While Conrad's narrative structure and positioning complicate a rigid postcolonial interpretation, the novel nonetheless operates as a crucial site of colonial critique. This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on imperialism's enduring repercussions, foregrounding Conrad's work as an essential text in postcolonial literary studies.

2025

Le Politique, chaînon manquant entre humanitaires et environnementalistes ? Revue Humanitaire : Première question, très simple : est-ce que vous vous connaissiez avant cette rencontre ? Bruno Rebelle : Oui, on s'est rencontré alors que j'étais directeur de Vétérinaires Sans Frontières. Même si cette association intervenait plutôt sur le champ du développement, nous étions proches des gens de l'humanitaire d'urgence, notamment au Mali en 1985 où la sécheresse faisait des ravages et où, pour préserver le capital des éleveurs, nous avons favorisé un programme d'abattage massif des animaux pour les transformer en viande séchée, reprise comme substrat alimentaire par Médecins Sans Frontières. Par la suite, en qualité de directeur exécutif de Greenpeace, on s'est croisé à différentes reprises. Frontières, puis directeur de recherches au Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires (Crash), l'environnement est-il une préoccupation ? Rony Brauman : Bien sûr, ne serait-ce que parce qu'on n'est pas Médecins Sans Frontières à plein temps ! On est aussi un habitant de la planète, un citoyen d'un pays, et en tant que tel, traversé par des préoccupations partagées par la société toute entière. « L'angoisse environnementale » -pour employer une expression reflétant un peu la manière dont cette question est perçuepénètre forcément les ONG humanitaires même si elle ne se traduit pas, il est vrai, en priorité en leur sein. La difficulté principale réside, au-delà de la coïncidence des créations institutionnelles de Greenpeace et de Médecins Sans Frontières en 1971, dans ce qui les distingue et qui, à mon avis, relève d'une conception de la temporalité de l'action. Par nature, l'action environnementale, disons écologiste, s'inscrit dans un temps long, celui de l'anticipation : les constats d'aujourd'hui sont, d'une certaine manière, construits en fonction du retentissement qu'ils auront dans le futur. L'humanitaire, lui, s'intéresse « à l'ici et au

2025, Humanitaire Enjeux Pratiques Debats

Politique, chaînon manquant entre humanitaires et environnementalistes ? Revue Humanitaire : Première question, très simple : est-ce que vous vous connaissiez avant cette rencontre ? Bruno Rebelle : Oui, on s'est rencontré alors que j'étais directeur de Vétérinaires Sans Frontières. Même si cette association intervenait plutôt sur le champ du développement, nous étions proches des gens de l'humanitaire d'urgence, notamment au Mali en 1985 où la sécheresse faisait des ravages et où, pour préserver le capital des éleveurs, nous avons favorisé un programme d'abattage massif des animaux pour les transformer en viande séchée, reprise comme substrat alimentaire par Médecins Sans Frontières. Par la suite, en qualité de directeur exécutif de Greenpeace, on s'est croisé à différentes reprises. Frontières, puis directeur de recherches au Centre de réflexion sur l'action et les savoirs humanitaires (Crash), l'environnement est-il une préoccupation ? Rony Brauman : Bien sûr, ne serait-ce que parce qu'on n'est pas Médecins Sans Frontières à plein temps ! On est aussi un habitant de la planète, un citoyen d'un pays, et en tant que tel, traversé par des préoccupations partagées par la société toute entière. « L'angoisse environnementale » -pour employer une expression reflétant un peu la manière dont cette question est perçuepénètre forcément les ONG humanitaires même si elle ne se traduit pas, il est vrai, en priorité en leur sein. La difficulté principale réside, au-delà de la coïncidence des créations institutionnelles de Greenpeace et de Médecins Sans Frontières en 1971, dans ce qui les distingue et qui, à mon avis, relève d'une conception de la temporalité de l'action. Par nature, l'action environnementale, disons écologiste, s'inscrit dans un temps long, celui de l'anticipation : les constats d'aujourd'hui sont, d'une certaine manière, construits en fonction du retentissement qu'ils auront dans le futur. L'humanitaire, lui, s'intéresse « à l'ici et au

2025, University of Texas at Austin

Globalization as a modern concept emerged in the 1700s with the East India Company and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Over the centuries, globalization has evolved tremendously, characterized by interconnected economic, political, and social changes. These transformations were driven by industrialization’s demand for resources and markets, giving way to the spread of ideas, practices, and cultures around the world. While globalization fostered innovation and cultural exchange, it also led to conflicts and imperial exploitation. The consequences of this era influence our modern world in the form of policies and beliefs.

2025, HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Cet article a pour but de réfléchir sur les discours du nouvel élu président brésilien Jair Bolsonaro pendant les dernières années sous le prisme de la violence. Ces propos prônent l'élimination ou précarisation de ce qu'il appelle les minorités. Ce document propose alors de reprendre ces discours pour mettre en évidence de quelles minorités parle-t-il ; puis de comprendre la racine intellectuelle de ce projet politique, le marxisme culturel. Dans un deuxième temps, nous proposons de comprendre le combat dans le discours de Bolsonaro sous la perspective du néolibéralisme et de la précarisation des corps à partir des travaux de Judith Butler, ainsi que du rôle historique de l'idéologie au Brésil sous les travaux de l'anthropologue Darcy Ribeiro à Hannah Arendt. Enfin, nous articulerons le tout avec le concept de « nécropolitique » d'Achille Mbembe.

2025, Quaidi Azam University, Islamabad

The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock is a poem written by T S Eliot which mainly takes into account the love affair of a middle aged man who finds it extremely hard to express his love for his young lady. This leads him to hesitation and psychological turmoil. The selection of words, the varied division of stanza, the nontraditional poetic language and blank verse represent the mental state of the narrator. The writer ,in the current study, uses Russian Formalism, especially defamiliarization (which means making something strange and novel) to analyze the artistic value of the poem. The study at hand due to its theoretical approach mainly focuses on the formal details of the poem, without taking into account the content of the poem. T S Eliot's The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, though deviant from traditional poetic art, is replete with formalist ideals. It achieves this effect through foregrounding, defamiliarization, recurrent motifs, plot and narrative and thematic diversity.

2025

Il termine diaspora deriva dal greco diasporá ( ), un composto del prefisso diá (attraverso) e del verbo speírein (seminare), e nella sua accezione originaria significa "dispersione", "disseminazione". Già nell'antichità, tuttavia, il vocabolo presenta il significato specifico che mantiene tutt'oggi in molte lingue e che è diventato sempre più diffuso negli ultimi decenni, in concomitanza con l'assetto globale del pianeta e i suoi crescenti flussi migratori transnazionali. L'espressione si riferisce alla dispersione in varie regioni del mondo di un popolo costretto ad abbandonare la propria terra natia a causa di forza maggiore, che può essere di natura politica (persecuzione etnica o religiosa) ovvero un disastro naturale (tsunami, carestia). La parola "diaspora" è attestata per la prima volta col significato di dispersione di un popolo nella versione greca del Deuteronomio, uno dei cinque libri che costituiscono il Pentateuco dell'Antico Testamento condiviso da cristiani ed ebrei (che lo chiamano Torà), con riferimento alla popolazione ebraica esiliata da Israele nel VI secolo a.C. per mano dei babilonesi. Da allora, per lungo tempo, il vocabolo è stato principalmente associato alla storia ebraica, contrassegnata nel corso dei secoli da una lunga dispersione attraverso i continenti proseguita con la cacciata dalla Giudea per volere dell'imperatore romano Tito, che nel 70 d.C. saccheggiò Gerusalemme e ne distrusse il tempio, fino alla più recente Shoah perpetrata dalla Germania

2025

My article explores the complex Spanish reaction to recent changes in the Spanish-language publishing business as indicative of an ambivalence toward Spain’s place in the new global order, particularly by liberal intellectuals who associate books and bookstores with resistance and solidarity. The purchase of important Spanish publishers by international media conglomerates also implies to some a loss of national identity and cultural values, at the same time as the internationalization of the publishing business represents Spain’s incorporation into the European community and the world economy. The European Union, however, and Spain in particular, have globalized and marketed Latin America through business ventures, NGOs and cooperative efforts linked both to the embassies and to the international corporations. The resulting contradictions –the resistance to and welcoming of globalization, the nostalgia for, economic colonization of and rejection of Latin America– affect what is cur...

2025, Ambicoloniality and War: The Ukrainian-Russian Case

This book proposes a new notion of “ambicoloniality” to speak about the current situation when Ukraine has become Russia's territory of obsession, and Russia, in its desire to occupy Ukraine, has in effect subjected itself to Ukraine’s symbolic dominance. Ambicoloniality presents a key point of divergence from already existing models, as the mutual impact of the two countries over centuries has gone both ways, over a shared border — in contrast to many other empires that established their colonial power relations at a distance. The Ukrainian-Russian case is very different from the examples covered by both postcolonial and decolonial theorists. To explore the reasons and consequences of such a differing process of colonial expansion/anti-colonial struggle/decolonial release, the book inquires into the historical and cultural reasons for the emerging gap between the two states. It explores which role cultural hybridity plays in political self-identification in both Ukraine and Russia, and how this hybridity has manifested in society and culture (including examples of art and literature) following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, until 2023.

2025, Public Understanding of Science

How are secondary accounts of “bad” scientific practice constructed? How do they engage with the primary data produced by “bad” scientists? And what happens to those primary data as generations of secondary accounts purporting to describe them accumulate? This paper addresses such questions via a case study of Dr. Hong, a microbiologist accused of “bad” scientific practice by numerous secondary accounts of the 2003 SARS outbreak. Bringing Hong’s own account of his own actions into dialogue with one of the most influential secondary accounts of his actions, the paper highlights the gross disparity between the two. Having argued that the rhetorical structuring of the secondary account is, ultimately, responsible for Hong’s characterisation as a “bad” scientist, it then moves to explore how subsequent accounts developed their own characterisations. What becomes clear is that as secondary accounts began feeding off one another, references to Hong’s account disappeared. Aided by the conc...

2025, Journal of Investment, Banking and Finance

The economic reforms of the 1990s marked a significant transformation in India's film industry, particularly influencing Bollywood's thematic and stylistic dimensions. This era gave rise to what is now termed 'multiplex cinema' or 'new Bollywood,' characterized by its appeal to the urban middle-class through innovative storytelling and aesthetic innovation. This shift in cinema paralleled the broader societal shifts towards embracing technological advancements and a burgeoning media landscape. These changes also altered character portrayal in Bollywood, transitioning from rich merchants as villains to symbols of commercial success, reflecting evolving societal values towards economic prosperity. Furthermore, traditional notions of masculinity and nationalism were reinforced in film promotional materials, underscoring Bollywood's role in promoting consumerism. This paper analyzes the 2007 film "Guru" by Mani Ratnam, utilizing a narrative analysis to explore its depiction of economic liberalization's impact on India. The film follows protagonist Gurukant Desai from his humble beginnings to becoming a powerful business magnate, highlighting the themes of entrepreneurship, ambition, and ethical dilemmas. Through a detailed examination of key scenes and character dynamics, the paper reveals complex perspectives on economic growth, corporate ethics, and the personal costs of success, presenting 'Guru' as a compelling reflection on India's economic changes.

2025

This paper examines capital accumulation and its effects within a historical and structural context, focusing on the emergence of techno-oligarchic political economy. Parallel to the continuous capital accumulation on a global scale is an escalating fiscal crisis marked by unsustainable debt levels, high debt servicing costs, and debt traps. These issues have historically impacted various regions, including

2025, Decolonialism

Decolonialism has been a new field of study for some time now. As a founder of the subject, I felt that I needed to write this book to establish Decolonialism in theory and practice. I have expressed Decolonialism in much of my previous... more

2025, The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology 43(1)