‘Cartesian anxiety’

Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Raises the Stakes Again on Researching Conflict in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: January 15, 2025In: De-EscalationTags: Bwari, CDD, CRD, MacArthur Foundation, Mallam Adamu Ciroma, Methodology, Mixed method, NPSA, Positivism, Reason, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, ‘Cartesian anxiety’No CommentsViews:

Adagbo Onoja reporting It is no more only in heartland academia, if it ever was, where concern for secure knowledge is an article of faith. Other arenas of knowledge production are equally c... Read more

Let the truth be told?

Posted By: adminon: November 23, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Colonialism, DONALD TRUMP, Dr Obed Mailafia, Ezeulu, Hegel, Hegemony, IDOMA, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, Marx, Prof Stuart Hall, ‘Cartesian anxiety’No CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja This is one of the commonest phrases we hear or read from those who write. It is not clear why it is so freely used even when no truth claim has been able to establish... Read more

How to Take Nigerian Universities to World Class Universities Again

Posted By: adminon: January 16, 2022In: BookspaceTags: Africa, Analyticism, Critical realism, Deconstruction, Edward Said, International Relations, Marxism, Neopositivism, NUC, PhD, Post-positivism, Postmodernism, Rationalism, Reflexivity, ‘Cartesian anxiety’No CommentsViews:

Intervention’s commitment to emancipation compels it to keep an eye on knowledge production, knowledge being a form of representation and representation being a form of power vis-à-vis emanc... Read more

The Politics of Truth in Nigeria’s “Herdsmen” Conflict

Posted By: adminon: February 14, 2021In: De-EscalationTags: #EndSARS, Mandela, RMA, ‘Cartesian anxiety’1 CommentViews:

A spectre of generalised insecurity is haunting Nigeria. It has been a perplexing situation since early 2016 when Agatu in Benue State and Nimbo in Enugu State were the flashpoints. From Ben... Read more