Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies

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CULTURES, ETHNICITIES AND GLOBALIZATION - ANY LINK?

Fatai Adesina Badru

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 155-164

This paper argues that there are interconnection among cultures, ethnicities and globalization. It provides definitions and contemporary clarification of the salient concepts. The paper examines the bifurcated scholarly views of ethnicity: toleration and celebration. It explores three philosophical under-currents of cross-cultural interaction namely: pluralism, monadism, and monism. The paper contends...

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SOCIAL DEPOLITICIZATION, AUTHORITARIAN POWER AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN STATES

Krzysztof Trzcinski

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 133-142

This article treats of power structures and social depoliticization in authoritarian, post-colonial African states and the relation between these matters and lack of development. Although the correlation has for years been the subject of research, most analyses have been made on the basis of Western sources. In this text, the author would like to consider the ideas of the Nigerian political scientist...

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THE CONCEPT OF DIALOGUE: A STUDY OF FETHULLAH GULEN AND SAYYID QUTB

Mohamed Soffar

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 5-28

It might be surprising to compare Fethullah Gulen and Sayyid. The common link between them drew the author's attention while he was on a visit to Turkey. He noticed that works of Sayyid qutb, especially his famous The Shades of The Quran, were taught at Gulen's seminary in Istanbul. Based on Foucault's less famous notion of political spirituality, this article attempts to trace common structural factors...

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THE CLAY POT AND THE IRON POT. THE TRIBAL SOCIETY CONFRONTED WITH THE NATION AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY

Ryszard Vorbrich

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 143-154

In anthropological discourse the national society, which can be found in Fontaine's metaphor of the Iron Pot, is contrasted with the tribal society, which can be seen in a metaphor of the Clay Pot. In colonial and post-colonial countries tribe-peoples were often excluded from national society, they were adopting defensive approach and preferred to 'get out of their stronger partner's way'. Up against...

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WHY THE CHEHABIST STATE FAILED - THE STATE IN SOCIETY APPROACH

Rachela Tonta

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 91-104

Six years of the Fu'ad Chehab's presidency and first half of his successor's term can be regarded as a one of the most important and interesting periods in the Lebanon's history. Fu'ad Chehab was not only the first maronite president that gained large support among Muslim part of the Lebanese society but under his leadership the state was also able to gain for the first time some autonomy in relations...

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MUSLIM MIGRATION AND IDENTITY IN EUROPE

Grzegorz J. Kaczynski

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 41-69

The topic of this article is the structure and dynamics of the Muslim immigration in Europe and a configuration, expressions and a typology of the Muslim immigrant identity in this context. Islam is currently the second religion in the European Union, with over 15,5 million worshippers. This unprecedented religious transformation is a result of the slow but progressive immigration in the second half...

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THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

Blazej Poplawski

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 105-131

The aim of the article is to describe the educational system of Nigeria. First the author gives a short outline of the history of education from the activity of missionaries in the nineteenth century, changes in educational structure during the colonial rule, through the period of getting independence till today. In the following sections he illustrates the modern educational system in context of...

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IDENTITIES ON THE BORDER. THE MAZARA DEL VALLO CASE

Augusto Gamuzza

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 71-89

Identity is a key term in the vernacular idiom of contemporary public debate. The greatest risk that this concept incurs is that it becomes an explanatory principle, which - exhausting its heuristic capability - transforms into a dangerous, ideologically oriented, and fruitless 'taken for granted' perspective. A possible way out, which is the one suggested in this contribution, imposes the analytic...

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MUSLIM COMMUNITY/UMMAH IN CHANGING SOCIETY. RE-CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE QUR'AN IN POLITICAL CONTEXT

Necmettin Gokkir

Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies > 2009 > 24 > 29-40

The study aims to make a modest contribution to research into Muslim readings of the Qur'an in its changing social context. For this aim, the study explores the extent of the impact of different political and social concerns on the conceptual world of the Islam and shows the changes of theological attitude towards the issues in accordance with contemporary political values. In other words, the real...

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Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies

CULTURES, ETHNICITIES AND GLOBALIZATION - ANY LINK?

SOCIAL DEPOLITICIZATION, AUTHORITARIAN POWER AND LACK OF DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICAN STATES

THE CONCEPT OF DIALOGUE: A STUDY OF FETHULLAH GULEN AND SAYYID QUTB

THE CLAY POT AND THE IRON POT. THE TRIBAL SOCIETY CONFRONTED WITH THE NATION AND THE GLOBAL SOCIETY

WHY THE CHEHABIST STATE FAILED - THE STATE IN SOCIETY APPROACH

MUSLIM MIGRATION AND IDENTITY IN EUROPE

THE HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN NIGERIA

IDENTITIES ON THE BORDER. THE MAZARA DEL VALLO CASE

MUSLIM COMMUNITY/UMMAH IN CHANGING SOCIETY. RE-CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE QUR'AN IN POLITICAL CONTEXT

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