approaches to politics exemplified by Ernesto Laclau's theory of populism and Brian Massumi's affect theory respectively. It presents an analysis of the role the notion of discourse plays in Laclau's conception of populism and argues that his language-based approach to politics precludes him from elaborating on the material side of politics, which includes street protests and the use of media technologies. This paper shows that despite Laclau's attempts to grasp this side of politics by using the
Chapter I THE PROBLEM Introduction African literature has tended to reflect the cultural and political phases of the continent because African fiction has been very much influenced by culture and politics. Beginning from the colonial days, African fiction spans the succession of cultural clashes and political crises which have beset the continent. For the countries in Africa, the experience of colonialism plays an important role in the process of understanding their history. Postcolonial studies
phenomena despite its earlier predominance, is widely studied. Philosophical reflection in the west had ultimately led to the scientific revolution in the 17th Century, however, Joseph Needham and many others who attempted to answer this question had agreed that scientific revolution never occurred in traditional China. This question leads us to trace back to the intrinsic differences between the Chinese and the Western philosophical systems in the pursuit of knowledge, such as social and economic
life and teachings how to happy and good at the same time.” Studying in Plato Academy helps Aristotle many ways. Firstly, he exposed to already existing philosophical concepts, theories, and hypothesis. From that point, Aristotle got chance to expand, illustrate, and elaborate the existing philosophical concepts. Using technics of philosophical studying that he got in Plato’s academy, he tries researches some of his predecessor theories in his own
In his novel, ‘Darkness at Noon’, Arthur Koestler provides a tale of Rubashov, who he acclaims as the founding father of a party that is unnamed in a state that remains unnamed as well. He was put in jail by the current leader of the parry, named ‘number one’ and pressured to renounce the views of deviation that he had, Rubashov doesn’t give in. At the start, he has the resolution to face death and hence ensure that his integrity is preserved. In the later stages, Rubashov has to recognize that holding
Western civilization can be attributed to the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. The legacy of the Greeks and Romans helped mold modern Western nations’ culture, politics, legal systems, and philosophical beliefs. Our modern security, trade, and currency systems draw from those of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Greek and Roman approach to security helped mold that of the West. The Greek city-states and the Roman Empire both had strong military forces. Their demonstration of military power showed
MAREYSIA ZALEWSKI AND FEMINIST THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Mareysia Zalewski, in her very recent book, ‘Feminist International Relations –Exquisite Corpse’ is trying to study the events in International Politics with a feminist perspective that would not directly engage the readers in a conventional way but imaginatively with a set of vignettes. ‘Exquisite Corpse’ refers to the methodological concoction with a symbolic deployment of a set of techniques taken from critical theory. It takes the
morality and self-interest. The first comparison I feel relevant between Hobbes and Machiavelli is the difference in methods employed by each of these realists. Firstly, Hobbes was a scholar, whose aim was to put politics onto a scientific footing; he therefore employed a strict logical approach to his work. In contrast, Machiavelli was a man of action; he worked, primarily, as a civil servant of the Florentine Republic. He drew conclusions, having made observations of how people actually behaved rather
Deriving from the Latin term utilitas, which means usefulness, utility, advantage, or profit, Utilitarianism is a philosophical theory in normative ethics. It argues that in light of the impossibility of objectively defining Good and Evil, one ought to behave and act based on the resulting well-being, which defines the rightness or wrongness of an action. It thus dismissing the concept of duty as the determinant of morality, the quality of an action being determined by its consequences. Whatever
In his writings and teachings, Plato contemplates the human person. He focuses on the knowledge and the being of man and what these aspects can contribute to society holistically. His theory of the human person is the superior philosophy that explains the path man should take to cover these aspects in order to lead a successful life. Plato addresses nearly every realm of philosophy, stretching from the epistemological to the metaphysical in various ways. He uses his epistemological analysis with