one of the remarkable concerns of existing thinkers in the field of philosophy of religion is question of philosophical and epistemological approach to ideological movements. moreover, they explain their position toward reason and its epistemological value. the epistemological importance of this issue is because of its assumptions like: relation and situation of “narration and reason”, “revelat...

Two of the books reviewed here, those of Foweraker, and Eyerman and Jamison, approach the question of social movements from different theoretical perspectives, whilst that of Lipietz is written very much as an advocate from within the ecological movement. Both the more academic books provide a critical assessment of the theoretical developments to date, from North America and Europe, and in so ...

Pronouncements about the value of information and communication technology (ICT) (hereafter traditional, new, and social media) to social movements – hyperbolic in popular media references to new and social media (e.g., Facebook revolution, Twitter revolution, etc.) – invite scholarly inquiries that critically assess the implications of these assumptions for African countries. Sensing the tende...