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October 15th, 2026 Was the Centenary of Michel Foucault

Posted By: adminon: October 16, 2026In: People in ActionTags: Critical security studies, Derrida, Discourse, Genealogy, International political sociology, Iran, Knowledge, Laclau and Mouffe, PowerNo CommentsViews:
October 15th, 2026 Was the Centenary of Michel Foucault

October 15th, 2026 was the centenary of a Michel Foucault, once called ‘the power thinker’ by Aeon. It is debatable if anyone else thought about power in contemporary social analysis than hi... Read more

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Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

Posted By: adminon: February 14, 2026In: Words and WorldTags: Apartheid, Critical security studies, Deliberative democracy, Discourse, Emancipation, Frankfurt School critical theory, Gramscian Marxism, Kant, Literature, Marxism, Plato, Prof Ken BoothNo CommentsViews:
Marxism and Literature After Biodun Jeyifo

By Adagbo Onoja Decades before his death January 11th, 2026, Prof Biodun Jeyifo had ceased to teach in Nigeria. But a knowledge producer is inherently a global supplier, irrespective of loca... Read more

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President Tinubu’s Qatar Language Game on Corruption

Posted By: adminon: March 04, 2024In: Words and WorldTags: Barack Obama, Determinism, Discourse, Discursivisim, Investors, Mandela, Qatar, Tinubu PresidencyNo CommentsViews:
President Tinubu’s Qatar Language Game on Corruption

By Adagbo ONOJA Language, (or is it meaning-making?)  is all that we have. Those who find it difficult to come to terms with this allege that the ‘linguistic turn’ in analytical philosophy i... Read more

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Language and Power @ Xmas in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: December 25, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Discourse, DPR, Governmentality, Human trafficking, Intervention, NNPC, PDP, PEF, PPRANo CommentsViews:
Language and Power @ Xmas in Nigeria

It is Xmas again and messages from leaders is a major part of it. So, what are the leaders in Nigeria saying and by how do we know what they actually mean? Of course, this has to start from... Read more

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Discourse and Conflict in Onugbo Ml’Oko, the Classic on the Idoma Universe

Posted By: adminon: March 12, 2017In: De-EscalationTags: 'Inter-textual-turn', Adoka, Audu Ogbeh, Conflict, Discourse, Hans Morgenthau, Idomoid, Nasarawa State University, Otukpo, Prof. Samsudeen Amali, R G Armstrong, Ugboklo, UNESCO, University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin, University of WisconsinNo CommentsViews:
Discourse and Conflict in Onugbo Ml’Oko, the Classic on the Idoma Universe

Discourse and Conflict in Onugbo Ml’Oko, the Classic on the Idoma Universe By Adagbo Onoja What might a fictional depiction of 20th century rural Idoma have to offer conflict analysis in 21s... Read more

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