the main objective of this research is the critique of the modern education in the light of hanna arendt’s educational thoughts. to achieve this goal, the descriptive-analytic method is used. in such a way that, at first, while reviewing arendt’s thoughts, the concept and status of education in her thoughts has been studied. then, the modern education has been criticized in the light of her edu...

In their paper entitled ‘Rose’s population strategy of prevention need not increase social inequalities in health’, McLaren et al. offer a cogent response to our earlier paper ‘The inequality paradox: the population approach and vulnerable populations’. It is a pleasure, and was indeed our goal, to see a lively debate sparked by our initial musings. It is therefore an equal pleasure to respond ...

This article identifies a conceptual paradox between recent educational policy in England and social-democratic understanding of critical literacy. Recent political events including Brexit, the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, Coronavirus Pandemic reiterate need for pedagogies that equip students to critique information circulated online. After setting out literacy’s genealogy as democratic mod...

Hashtag activism happens when large numbers of postings appear on social media under a common hashtagged word, phrase or sentence with a social or political claim. The temporal unfolding of these mutually connected postings in networked spaces gives them a narrative form and agency. Applying Karlyn Campbell’s propositions about rhetorical agency to the case of #BlackLivesMatter, this essay show...

Humans are a coalitional, parochial species. Yet, extreme actions of solidarity are sometimes taken for distant or unrelated groups. What motivates people to become solidary with groups to which they do not belong originally? Here, we demonstrate that such distant solidarity can occur when the perceived treatment of an out-group clashes with one's political beliefs (e.g., for Leftists, oppressi...

Thomas Piketty's imposing volume has brought serious economics firmly into the mainstream of public debate on inequality, yet political science has been mostly absent from this debate. This article argues that political science has an essential contribution to make to this debate, and that Piketty's important and powerful book lacks a clear political theory. It develops this argument by first a...

This research asks how The Nature Conservancy reconciles the coherence of its ecoregional perspective with the incoherence of the world political system. To answer this question, I argue in favor of an analytical strategy that grounds determinations of agency and relevance upon a systematic evaluation of the axiological, ontological, and political characteristics of the entity under considerati...

Abstract A growing debate concerns the developmental implications of booming relations between ‘Southern’ powers and countries across Africa. Whilst mainstream commentary worries about nefarious influences, others explore supposedly increasing ‘African agency’, a term capturing ability African states to define their international relations. South-South Cooperation, given its supposed principles...