scholarly journals Women in Igbo traditional religion and politics: prospects for women’s political leadership role in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Michael Muonwe
Keyword(s):  
Political Leadership ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Popular Opinion ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future

The struggle for political visibility, participation, and leadership of women has been a recurrent issue in all societies, including the most developed democracies. Whereas an appreciable improvement has been recorded in many western countries, Africa still ranks low generally as far as gender inclusivity in political leadership is concerned. Some scholars on Igbo society and culture cling to the popular opinion of blaming this scenario on colonialism. Such scholars usually paint an image of an ideal, precolonial, egalitarian Igbo society where women were more or less accorded more political and leadership space than in the present. In their opinion, reclaiming the past is a sure way to better gender inclusivity in politics. This paper is designed to interrogate critically such images of the past Igbo society. The author approaches the paper with the belief that such romantic view of the past, if not cautiously guided and critically appraised, may well result in nostalgia for a past that never was. The paper aims at hermeneutical-critical reading of women’s visibility and/or invisibility in the pre-colonial Igbo political leadership landscape, with the view of presenting a possible link of the present situation with the past, as well as tracing from this a path for the future of women’s political visibility, participation, and leadership in Nigeria. Keywords: Igbo, women, politics, leadership, colonialism

Post-Soviet economy development: From the past to the future

2017 ◽  
pp. 5-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Yasin
Keyword(s):  
Present Situation ◽  
Soviet Economy ◽  
Market Reforms ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Period ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Working Out ◽  
A Current

The article is devoted to major events in the history of the post-Soviet economy, their influence on forming and development of modern Russia. The author considers stages of restructuring, market reforms, transformational crisis, and recovery growth (1999-2011), as well as a current period which started in2011 and is experiencing serious problems. The present situation is analyzed, four possible scenarios are put forward for Russia: “inertia”, “mobilization”, “decisive leap”, “gradual democratic development”. More than 30 experts were questioned in the process of working out the scenarios.

scholarly journals A LOOK AT RELIGION IN JAPAN

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-23
Author(s):  
Reimon Bachika
Keyword(s):  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Religious Institution ◽  
Additional Note ◽  
The Future ◽  
Yasukuni Shrine ◽  
Popular Image

Seen in terms of culture, the theme of religion and politics in Japan, as everywhere else, is complicated, the more so because religion in this country is highly complicated. This essay—the aim of which is descriptive, not analytic—is an attempt at drawing a concrete picture of Shinto and Buddhism, both of which incorporate multiple strands of traditional religion. It is these that have shaped Japanese religiosity and culture. Politically prominent features are put up in front so to speak: that is, impressions of a visit to the Yasukuni Shrine and a note on Yasukuni as a religious institution. An account of religious pluralism and the ‘religious division of labor’ constitute the central part, followed by a section on the characteristics of religion in Japan. Further, because religiously and politically momentous, an additional note is included about the popular image of Japan’s imperial throne. Finally, to emphasize the significance of religion, the essay ends with a word of hope for the future of religion.

“In Mnemosyne’s Prison”. The Future between Religious and Political Past and Memory

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 367-376
Author(s):  
Mirosław Murat
Keyword(s):  
Social Space ◽  
Religion And Politics ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Future ◽  
Human World

The human world is in a state in statu nascendi. Man is emocionaly suspended between history, past, memory and the future. His activity is always the result of the four pillars supporting his existence. He draws his energy from the social imaginarium of which he is a part. The foundations dynamic social space are religion and politics as well as the past and memory.

Analysis on the Present Situation of China's Agricultural Development and the Sustainable Development of the Agricultural Economy

2022 ◽  
pp. 38-64
Author(s):  
Poshan Yu ◽  
Junyi Lv ◽  
Aashrika Ahuja
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Subject

This chapter aims to study the trends in sustainable agricultural development in China. The deterioration of the world's climate and environment can be counteracted with the trend of development in internet and technological spheres. How to create value out of scientifically advanced agricultural techniques in China so as to achieve sustainable development in the future is the subject of the author's discussion. This chapter will investigate the development of smart and sustainable agricultural techniques that are being employed in China in integration with the internet and information industry. Further, the sustainable ecological development of agriculture in China in the past two decades will be analyzed. Finally, this chapter will provide decision-makers with analysis and suggestions on the way forward and direction with respect to sustainable agricultural development in China in the future.

Do We Still Need the World Trade Organization?

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050012
Author(s):  
Silvia Nenci
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Trading System ◽  
The Past ◽  
Multilateral Trading System ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future

The recent explosion of bilateral and regional deals, President Trump’s policy against multilateralism, and, lastly, the restrictions to international trade because of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the issue of the need for a multilateral trading system, currently embodied by the World Trade Organization (WTO). Although the WTO has achieved most of its goals over the last two decades, it is undeniable that it is facing major challenges that question its relevance, effectiveness, fitness and responsiveness to contemporary issues. Is the lack of multilateralism worrisome? What will be the future of the WTO? By summarizing the past and current debate and proposing a critical reading of the WTO, this paper aims to answer these crucial questions.

scholarly journals One Monument, One Town, Two Ideologies: The Monument to the Victory of Bolzano-Bozen

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 54-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm Angelucci ◽  
Stefano Kerschbamer
Keyword(s):  
Symbolic Power ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
Historical Explanation ◽  
South Tyrol ◽  
Artistic Value ◽  
The Past ◽  
Border Town ◽  
The Future ◽  
German Speaking ◽  
The Town

This article offers a critical reading of the first major attempt to publicly come to terms with the presence of an invasive and ideologically charged fascist monument in the border town of Bolzano-Bozen, in South Tyrol, Italy. The ‘Monument to Victory’, commissioned by Mussolini and inaugurated in 1928 to celebrate the annexation of the province after WWI, is the symbolic centre of a discourse that divides the town along an ethno-linguistic axis. To this day, this creates ongoing political tensions, fostering extreme views in both Italian and German speaking communities. To neutralise this symbolic power while preserving its supposed artistic value, a permanent exhibition inaugurated in 2014 inside the artefact tries to offer an historical explanation and contextualisation, and foster a new, inclusive and democratic discourse around the past. This article discusses this exhibition as a counter-monument, which directly challenges the ideology of the original. In interpreting the scientific aims and choices of the historians involved, and the architectural and curatorial strategies, it questions their dialogical underpinning discourse. The results lay bare an agenda to establish the site as a new monologic myth of origin for the democratic town of the future; one that aims at producing a ‘democratic and reconciled’ citizen through a prescriptive perlocutionary experience.

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