Humanism In The Music Of Fela And The Dehumanization Of The Nigerian Proletariat Class
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Humanism In The Music Of Fela And The Dehumanization Of The Nigerian Proletariat Class
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Author : Philip Edema
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2023-09-21
Humanism In The Music Of Fela And The Dehumanization Of The Nigerian Proletariat Class written by Philip Edema and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-09-21 with Social Science categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2023 in the subject African Studies - African diaspora, , course: African Political Philosophy, language: English, abstract: It is an indisputable fact that the myriad of problems in Nigeria today in the areas of politics, religion, security and economy are a reflection of dearth of good governance. There have been conceited efforts by pundits on means that could bring about a viable polity yet to no avail. The liberals have called for restructuring, while the radicals believe it is outright dissolution of the Union that can ameliorate the pauperisation, exploitation and crass dehumanisation of the citizenry. However, these suggestions have not addressed the trajectory of the problem, thereby, making them limited in addressing the issues. This paper, therefore, examines the contributions of the famous Nigerian Afrobeat music maestro, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, especially as it concerns the dehumanisation of the proletariat class by the elites in Nigeria. The song, "Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense" among others in Fela’s musical repertoire, was purposefully selected to interrogate the problematic. More so, the research adopted the hermeneutic, analytic, critical and reconstructive methods of philosophy in achieving its aim. While the method of hermeneutics helped in decoding and applying the deeply embedded messages in Fela’s music, the analytic method aided in clarifying concepts like humanism, governance, exploitation, dehumanisation, and oppression. The critical method was employed to examine hitherto attempts on same issue and finally the method of reconstruction helped to situate Fela’s relevance and efforts in addressing the issue of dearth of good governance in Nigeria. The work concluded that it is only when the political leadership responds to Fela’s call for class deconstruction would Nigeria witness the kind of governance that would transform the quality of lives of the citizenry.
Fela S Humanism And The Crisis Of Governance In Nigeria
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Author : Abam E. Michael
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-01-04
Fela S Humanism And The Crisis Of Governance In Nigeria written by Abam E. Michael and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-04 with categories.
One of the fundamental yet plausible questions on the lips of many is centred around the myriad of problems plaguing the African continent especially Nigeria ranging from unemployment, growing poverty, dearth of infrastructure, rule of law, terrorism and of late banditry that have plunged Nigeria into a protracted season of crisis of governance. These problems can be attributed to one factor namely; the failure of leadership. the leadership crisis confronting Nigeria is not unique to Nigeria, but while many countries have tried to surmount theirs, Nigeria continues to pay lip service to its own to the extent the Nigerian state is now more closer to a failed state than before. In the face of 'state capture' by the elites, some liberals in Nigeria have called for the renegotiation of the union while radicals believe in the outright dissolution of the federation given the pauperization and dehumanization as well as crass exploitation of the populace by successive regimes. It is these issues Fela's music interrogate.
Dehumanization As The Central Prerequisite For Slavery
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Author : Erik Enge
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2015-08-10
Dehumanization As The Central Prerequisite For Slavery written by Erik Enge and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-10 with Social Science categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject Sociology - Individual, Groups, Society, grade: 1,7, http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Allgemeine und theoretische Soziologie), course: Sociology of Slavery, language: English, abstract: While attending the seminar on sociology of slavery, one question always came to my mind: What has to happen to a person, that he is able to enslave another person and does not find himself in a position of regarding oneself as immoral. I arrived at the conclusion, that maybe a process of dehumanization is required to make this maltreatment of the same kind possible. If dehumanization is required for slavery, the answer to the question of how anyone could not have sentiments of empathy and compassion towards another human being in a state of exploitation is easy: The slave is not considered human and cannot evoke any of these sensations. That assumption leads to the key hypothesis of this paper, which namely is, that dehumanization is the central prerequisite of slavery. To avoid any misunderstanding, in the following I will try to find out, if dehumanization can be seen as a cornerstone of slavery and not which economical circumstances lead to a slave system. In terms to figure out if my thesis is consistent, I will compare several theories of dehumanization and try to find a definition what it means to be human and what it means to be dehumanized. Afterwards I will introduce three central theories on slavery and will compare them concerning their central aspects. To clarify to what extent the theories of dehumanization can be applied to the theories of dehumanization, I will compare the aspects of dehumanization with the assertions of the three slavery theorists. By the help of this theoretical comparison, I will attempt to show which importance the mechanism of dehumanization has in theories of slavery and in the final analysis test if my thesis is sustainable.
What Fanon Said
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Author : Lewis R. Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Fordham Univ Press
Release Date : 2015-04-01
What Fanon Said written by Lewis R. Gordon and has been published by Fordham Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-01 with Philosophy categories.
Antiblack racism avows reason is white while emotion, and thus supposedly unreason, is black. Challenging academic adherence to this notion, Lewis R. Gordon offers a portrait of Martinican-turned-Algerian revolutionary psychiatrist and philosopher Frantz Fanon as an exemplar of “living thought” against forms of reason marked by colonialism and racism. Working from his own translations of the original French texts, Gordon critically engages everything in Fanon from dialectics, ethics, existentialism, and humanism to philosophical anthropology, phenomenology, and political theory as well as psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Gordon takes into account scholars from across the Global South to address controversies around Fanon’s writings on gender and sexuality as well as political violence and the social underclass. In doing so, he confronts the replication of a colonial and racist geography of reason, allowing theorists from the Global South to emerge as interlocutors alongside northern ones in a move that exemplifies what, Gordon argues, Fanon represented in his plea to establish newer and healthier human relationships beyond colonial paradigms.
Humanism
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Author : Jim Herrick
language : en
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Release Date : 2010-04-06
Humanism written by Jim Herrick and has been published by Prometheus Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-06 with Philosophy categories.
Humanism is a philosophy that emphasizes the value of human life in all its creative potential within a secular context. Humanism is skeptical of religious beliefs and relies on science as the basis for understanding the universe. Although humanism has become most fully developed in the West, its origins lie throughout the world, and this perspective is shared by people from many different cultural, ethnic and racial backgrounds.In this succinct, informative, and enlightening introduction to humanism, Jim Herrick, a leading humanist advocate in Great Britain, provides a very readable account of the guiding principles, history, and practice of humanism in today''s world. Herrick surveys the tradition of humanism as it developed over many centuries, its skepticism toward belief in God and an afterlife, humanist values and arguments for morality outside of a religious framework, its attitude of tolerance toward different lifestyles and belief systems, its endorsement of democratic political principles, its strong ties to science, its evaluation of the arts as an exploration of human potential, and its concern for environmental preservation and the long-term sustainability of the earth.In conclusion, Herrick briefly describes the various humanist organizations throughout the world; particular causes championed by humanists (women''s rights, racial and sexual equality, freedom of speech and information, and education, among others); and the future of humanism.
The Routledge History Of Social Protest In Popular Music
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Author : Jonathan C. Friedman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-07-04
The Routledge History Of Social Protest In Popular Music written by Jonathan C. Friedman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-04 with History categories.
The major objective of this collection of 28 essays is to analyze the trends, musical formats, and rhetorical devices used in popular music to illuminate the human condition. By comparing and contrasting musical offerings in a number of countries and in different contexts from the 19th century until today, The Routledge History of Social Protest in Popular Music aims to be a probing introduction to the history of social protest music, ideal for popular music studies and history and sociology of music courses.
Reconciling The Self With The Other
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Author : Olatunji A. Oyeshile
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Reconciling The Self With The Other written by Olatunji A. Oyeshile and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Philosophy categories.
Neoliberalism And Global Cinema
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Author : Jyotsna Kapur
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-05-09
Neoliberalism And Global Cinema written by Jyotsna Kapur and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-09 with Art categories.
In this edited volume, an international ensemble of scholars looks at how the world’s various cinemas, including Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the U.S., have variously performed, contested, and reinforced the worldwide transition to neoliberalism. Grounded in Marxist theory, the volume considers how the contradictions of capital, both as culture and commerce, have played out globally in contemporary media culture.
Wole Soyinka
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Author : Biodun Jeyifo
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-13
Wole Soyinka written by Biodun Jeyifo and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Biodun Jeyifo examines the connections between the innovative and influential writings of Wole Soyinka and his radical political activism. Jeyifo carries out detailed analyses of Soyinka's most ambitious works, relating them to the controversies generated by Soyinka's use of literature and theatre for radical political purposes. He gives a fascinating account of the profound but paradoxical affinities and misgivings Soyinka has felt about the significance of the avant-garde movements of the twentieth century. Jeyifo also explores Soyinka's works with regard to the impact on his artistic sensibilities of the pervasiveness of representational ambiguity and linguistic exuberance in Yoruba culture. The analyses and evaluations of this study are presented in the context of Soyinka's sustained engagement with the violence of collective experience in post-independence, postcolonial Africa and the developing world. No existing study of Soyinka's works and career has attempted such a systematic investigation of their complex relationship to politics.
Stop Thief
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Author : Peter Linebaugh
language : en
Publisher: PM Press
Release Date : 2014-03-01
Stop Thief written by Peter Linebaugh and has been published by PM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with History categories.
In this majestic tour de force, celebrated historian Peter Linebaugh takes aim at the thieves of land, the polluters of the seas, the ravagers of the forests, the despoilers of rivers, and the removers of mountaintops. Scarcely a society has existed on the face of the earth that has not had commoning at its heart. “Neither the state nor the market,” say the planetary commoners. These essays kindle the embers of memory to ignite our future commons. From Thomas Paine to the Luddites, from Karl Marx—who concluded his great study of capitalism with the enclosure of commons—to the practical dreamer William Morris—who made communism into a verb and advocated communizing industry and agriculture—to the 20th-century communist historian E.P. Thompson, Linebaugh brings to life the vital commonist tradition. He traces the red thread from the great revolt of commoners in 1381 to the enclosures of Ireland, and the American commons, where European immigrants who had been expelled from their commons met the immense commons of the native peoples and the underground African-American urban commons. Illuminating these struggles in this indispensable collection, Linebaugh reignites the ancient cry, “STOP, THIEF!”