Genealogy | Intervention

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 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

The Genealogy That Does Not Inherit A Civilisational Verdict on Ochonu’s Boko Haram

Posted By: adminon: June 29, 2026In: De-EscalationTags: Colonialism, Dan Fodio, Fodiawa jihad, Genealogy, Kanem Bornu, Mutumin Kiriki, Northern Nigeria, Sokoto Caliphate, ‘Islam only’No CommentsViews:

Introducing a Series A book is as good as what its readers, particularly reviewers and critics, make of it. For, in the Roland Barthes’ wilderness, the author ‘dies’ as soon as s/he is done... Read more

Bringing Back Hausa-Fulani Hegemony to the Debating Table in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: September 14, 2019In: SpectacleTags: Genealogy, Hausa-Fulani Hegemony, Kaduna Mafia, Northern oligarchyNo CommentsViews:

Hausa-Fulani Hegemony is coming back to the debate. It has never been closed but coming back in the sense that it is being formally tabled for dissection. That is what would be happening Oct... Read more