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Theorizing Modern Society As An Inverted Reality: How Critical Theory And Indigenous Critiques Of Globalization Must Learn From Each Other, Asafa Jalata
Asafa Jalata
To examine whether indigenous critiques of globalization and critical theories of modernity are compatible, and how they can complement each other so as to engender more realistic theories of modern society as inherently constructive and destructive, along with practical strategies to strengthen modernity as a culturally transformative project, as opposed to the formal modernization processes that rely on and reinforce modern societies as structures of social inequality.
Theorizing Oromummaa, Asafa Jalata
Theorizing Oromummaa, Asafa Jalata
Asafa Jalata
The main purpose of this paper is to theorize Oromummaa by conceptualizing it on different levels and offering theoretical insights and critical analysis of the Oromo national movement in relations to the struggles of other colonized peoples. Theorizing and conceptualizing Oromummaa specifically in relations to the ideological problem of the Oromo national movement and that of the others require recognizing the need to transform thinking and scholarship in Oromo politics and studies in order to critically and thoroughly assess the prospects for Oromo politico-cultural transformation and liberation. Theoretically, critically, and practically comprehending Oromummaa as Oromo nationalism, national culture, and identity …