Browsing Research Articles (Philosophy) by UP Author "Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke"

Browsing Research Articles (Philosophy) by UP Author "Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke"

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  • African studies through language-based techniques 
    Osuagwu, Ndubuisi; Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Calabar School of Philosophy, 2018-01)
    In this article, we argue that language-based techniques have the capacity to generate original ideas and thus account for progress in any discipline. We claim that language-based techniques used by some African scholars ...
  • The Covid-19 pandemic and meaning in life 
    Attoe, Aribiah David; Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Unisa Press, 2020)
    In the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, where death, sickness and suffering persist, there is some hint that there is nothing so special about the human race that particularly makes it immune to decimation. This is at odds ...
  • Protecting the rights of victims in transitional justice : an interrogation of amnesty 
    Egbai, Uti Ojah; Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Pretoria University Law Press, 2019)
    The authors argue in this article that some categories of amnesty programmes, such as ‘blanket’ and ‘self-granted amnesties’ that bar the prosecution of perpetrators, have not been very helpful in the protection of the ...
  • The sexual orientation question in Nigeria : cultural relativism versus universal human rights concerns 
    Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke; Agada, Ada (Springer, 2020-12)
    We note that a political consensus on LGBT rights equating human rights is nowhere in sight in contemporary Nigeria. We rekindle the debate between universalism, as represented by the claim that human rights are the same ...
  • The South African land question in light of Nelson Mandela’s political thought 
    Cordeiro-Rodrigues, Luis; Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Routledge, 2020)
    Land redistribution in post-apartheid South Africa is a problem that has caused division and violence in the country. Particularly, the dispossession of land suffered by many Africans in South Africa and the failure of ...
  • Where are we in the global poverty measurement? The human minimum model as a veritable option 
    Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Sage, 2020-06)
    A dominant conception of poverty among many researchers is that it is a form of deprivation. There is, however, more focus on the idea of poverty as physical deprivation than there is on psychological deprivation. I argue ...
  • Why the racial politic of colour-branding should be discontinued 
    Chimakonam, Jonathan Okeke (Unisa Press, 2019)
    I examine colour-branding of humans, a phenomenon I denounce as leading to a dangerous “politic.” My lead questions shall be: Is it correct to profile or brand different peoples with colours? Do the symbolic meanings of ...