Power, "Text," and the Representation of Historical Consciousness in the Autobiography of Assefa Woldegebriel

1994 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-213
Author(s):  
Philip Setel
Keyword(s):  
Historical Consciousness ◽  
Historical Texts ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
Historical Accounts ◽  
Tacit Assumptions ◽  
Theoretical Issues

Abstract This autobiography of Assefa Woldegebriel, an Ethiopian intellectual who experienced the upheaval of the 1970s, considers how analysis and description of presentations of self can be reconciled with more standard historical texts. Autobiographical narrative is used here to pose questions about representation in historical accounts, the representation of historical consciousness, and the analytical categories that are applied to informants. In standard uses of this material, there are several tacit assumptions made about the structure of the subject. These assumptions involve the application of analytical concepts, including "person," "self," "agent," and "consciousness." This is a personcentered account about the nature of power in different kinds of texts dealing with the same time period. Educated Ethiopians of all ethnicities and nationalities played important parts in pre- and postrevolutionary society. Ethnicity, class, national identity, and education combined in contradictory ways to stamp their experience with significance. In this study, materials from secondary sources are woven into interview material to provide a cultural account of life in Ethiopia during the late 1960s and 1970s. (Anthropology; Oral History—Theoretical Issues; Ethiopia)

scholarly journals A NEW READING OF HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS ABOUT THE RULE OF THE BARBARIAN QUEEN (ELKAHINA) AND HER RESISTANCE TO THE ISLAMIC ARMY OF CONQUEST LED BY HASSAN IBN AL-NUMAN (39-74 A.H./658-693 CE)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 01-18
Author(s):  
AHMED DJELAILI ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Historical Texts ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Islamic Conquest ◽  
Historical Truth ◽  
Historical Accounts

The article tries to study the historical texts that dealt with the character of the barbarian Queen Tahia, known as the priestess, which sparked widespread controversy during the Islamic conquest, how did she reach the ruling? And the reasons for fighting the army of Hassan bin Nu'man? And its sabotage of the countries of the Maghreb by pursuing a policy of scorched earth? The problem of the number of the Queen’s children, who are three for some, and for the others two? And their fate in the end, did they convert to Islam or were they killed in battle? And the issue of adopting a son and his brotherhood with her children? After going back to the most important sources and examining the historical texts that dealt with the subject and comparing them with each other, I concluded that: Most of those stories about Queen Tehya are closer to superstition than to historical truth, and were recorded after about a century and a half of the historical incidents, and that their owners were not honest and objective Scientific, they drew their information about people who did not live with the event but transmitted it orally, and the purpose of their stories was to try to polish the image of the conquering Umayyad army and reduce the resistance of the Moroccan queen, especially as she managed to inflict heavy losses on Hassan’s army and forced him to retreat to Cyrenaica, Libya. More importantly, the latter did not bother to send reassuring messages to the queen explaining to her the noble mission that he came for, which is spreading Islam in the countries of the Maghreb, and then resistance to Hassan's death was not a rejection of the Islamic religion as much as it was in defense of the land and the homeland.

Islamic Banking in Nigeria: Issues and Prospects

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nuruddeen Abba Abdullahi
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Banking System ◽  
Islamic Banking ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Banking And Finance ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Islamic Religion ◽  
Developmental Opportunities ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Nigerian Banking

The Nigerian banking reform precipitated the adoption of Islamic banking and finance in 2009 as additional door to banking mechanism in the country. However, the implementation of the Islamic banking or non-interest banking has generated a lot of debate, specifically because its foundations are based on Islamic religion. This paper briefly reviews the concept, the challenges and prospects of Islamic banking in Nigeria. The paper relies on the secondary sources by reviewing and analysing various works on the subject. A reflection on the size of its population and the developmental opportunities indicates that Nigeria has the prospect of becoming the hub centre of Islamic finance in Africa. Yet there are numerous challenges to the development of the Islamic banking system in the country, including misrepresentation of the system, lack of linkages and investment institutions, lack of adequate knowledge, as well as shroud business ethos and corruption, which is endemic in the country. The paper recommends the need for greater public awareness about Islamic banking and creation of enabling environment (i.e. the legal, accounting and taxation systems) for the working of Islamic financial system.   

Corruption Measurements: Caught Between Conceptualizing the Phenomenon and Promoting New Governance Agenda?

2021 ◽  
pp. 097226292098394
Author(s):  
Kannan Perumal
Keyword(s):  
Data Aggregation ◽  
Policy Advocacy ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Topic Evolution ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Control Framework ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Theoretical Issues ◽  
Insight Into

The work ‘Corruption Measurements: Caught Between Conceptualizing the Phenomenon and Promoting New Governance Agenda?’ is a qualitative study based on reviewing the literature available on the subject. It starts with the introduction that explains the evolution of the idea of measuring corruption, its relevance to governance and associated theoretical issues. The topic, ‘Evolution of Corruption Measurements’ gives an overview about different corruption indices. While the topic ‘Challenges to Corruption Measurements’ briefly introduces the challenges faced by corruption measurements, the topics ‘Conceptualizing Corruption’ and ‘Methodological Issues’ give insight into the contentions faced by corruption measurements from different theoretical perspectives. Also, explained in these sections are how the corruption measurements have conceptualized corruption over the period of three decades; and how do they keep evolving their methods in order to become more relevant in policy advocacy. Issues associated with data aggregation also are explained in-depth in this work. This work demonstrates that though continuous methodological evolution and empirical research have helped corruption measurements to improve their acceptance level, the gap that exist between corruption control framework and practice will remain a challenge to address in future if corruption measurements do not genuinely account the contextual realities.

scholarly journals Creating Destinations for a Better Tomorrow: UN Development Aid for Cultural Tourism in the 1960s

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200942097476
Author(s):  
Marie Huber
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Development Aid ◽  
Employment Sector ◽  
Development Decade ◽  
Colonial Legacies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
1960S And 1970S ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
International Experts

Tourism is today considered as a crucial employment sector in many developing countries. In the growing field of historical tourism research, however, the relationships between tourism and development, and the role of international organizations, above all the UN, have been given little attention to date. My paper will illuminate how during the 1960s tourism first became the subject of UN policies and a praised solution for developing countries. Examples from expert consultancy missions in developing countries such as Ethiopia, India and Nepal will be contextualized within the more general debates and programme activities for heritage conservation and also the first UN development decade. Drawing on sources from the archives of UNESCO, as well as tourism promotion material, it will be possible to understand how tourism sectors in many so-called developing countries were shaped considerably by this international cooperation. Like in other areas of development aid, activities in tourism were grounded in scientific studies and based on statistical data and analysis by international experts. Examining this knowledge production is a telling exercise in understanding development histories colonial legacies under the umbrella of the UN during the 1960s and 1970s.

scholarly journals The location of the adverbial modifier in the modern Erzya and Finnish languages

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
Evgeniya N. Muhina ◽  
Tatiyana N. Potapova
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Method ◽  
Research Topic ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Complex Sentences ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Minor Part ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Adverbial Modifiers ◽  
A Minor

The syntactic system in the Erzya and Finnish languages in comparative terms still remains insufficiently studied, in particular, regarding the syntactic location of such a minor part of a sentence as adverbial modifier. The relevance of the research topic is conditioned by the fact that in the Erzya and Finnish languages the location of adverbial modifiers depends not only on the purpose of the sentence and the part they refer to, but also on the parts of speech. The purpose of the work is to characterize and compare the location of adverbial modifier in the languages. The subject is the location of the adverbial modifier in the modern Erzya and Finnish languages. The material of the study was the adverbial modifiers in the Finno-Ugric languages in simple and complex sentences. In the course of the study, a comparative method was used. The research showed the following facts: from several adverbial modifier of time, the first place in the sentence is given to the adverbial modifier indicating a longer time period and the second one is to the adverbial modifier defining the former. If several adverbial modifiers are combined in one sentence, the adverbial modifier of time goes first, then there is an adverbial modifier of place. In the studied languages, adverbial modifiers of manner, place, time, purpose can be found at the beginning of the sentence, and at the end.

scholarly journals Hybrid model of airlines as a determinant of the development of air carriers

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Anna Szymczak
Keyword(s):  
Hybrid Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Market Segments ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Dynamic Factors ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Air Carriers ◽  
Source Materials

The aviation market is one of the most dynamic factors determining economic develop-ment in the world. In addition, it is susceptible to economic and political crises. The air services market is also characterized by a very large diversity of clients within the market segments. Adaptation of an appropriate business model may be a condition for success, with the increase of ASK, RPK and LF ratios. The aim of the work is to indicate the basic elements of business models of airlines that make up the hybrid model. The article also describes the evolution of Ryanair, which from the carrier emphasizing the lowest price aspires to the carrier offering flights with better quality than its competitors. The source materials of the study are available literature on the subject, own analysis based on secondary sources.

scholarly journals RECEPTION OF SPANISH PAINTING IN RUSSIAN TRAVELOGUES OF XIX CENTURY

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 167-176
Author(s):  
Irina Gauzer
Keyword(s):  
Russian Culture ◽  
Study Materials ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Xix Century

The article deals with reception of images of Spanish painting in Russian essays of the XIX century. Study materials are travelogues, letters and memoirs of Russian travelers. The subject of the study is peculiarities of interpreting Spanish artists’ creativity and images created by them in the texts of Russian culture.

scholarly journals The Ombudsman Institution as a mechanism of accountability in public administration: The case of GermanyKamu yönetiminde hesap verebilirlik mekanizması olarak Ombudsmanlık Kurumu: Almanya örneği

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 2735
Author(s):  
Sefa Usta ◽  
Abdulvahap Akıncı
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Administration System ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Accountability Mechanism

In the formation of a transparent and accountable public administration system and an understanding of administration, such institutions like the Ombudsman have important functions. The Ombudsman Institution, which undertakes an effective role in the solution of the problems experienced between the state and the citizen, has important responsibilities to institutionalize human rights and democratization, reduce the bad administration practices and most importantly, make the accountability mechanism the built-in in public administration. The Ombudsman Institution, which has been formed with different names in many countries in the world, has been established in Germany with the name of “the Defense Ombudsman,” and it carries out its activities under this framework.The main objective of the study is to examine the Ombudsman Institution as an extension of accountability mechanism in public administration and to asses “the Defense Ombudsman Institution”, which operates in Germany. Under the study prepared for this purpose, it is treated the concept of accountability in public administration with its general terms and examined the Ombudsman Institution, departing from the case of Germany. The study is terminated with an overview and a chapter of conclusion.In the study, it has been benefited from the scientific methods of descriptive analysis and critical review of the literature and set out from the secondary sources written about the subject and the primary sources like constitutional and legal regulations that are the basis of the Ombudsman Institution in Germany. ÖzetŞeffaf ve hesap verebilir bir kamu yönetimi sisteminin ve yönetim anlayışının oluşumunda Ombudsmanlık benzeri kurumlara önemli işlevler düşmektedir. Devlet ve vatandaş arasında yaşanan sorunların çözümü noktasında etkili bir rol üstlenen ombudsmanlık kurumuna, insan haklarının ve demokratikleşmenin kurumsallaşmasında, kötü yönetim uygulamalarının azaltılmasında ve en önemlisi kamu yönetiminde hesap verebilirlik mekanizmasının yerleşik hale gelmesinde önemli sorumluluklar düşmektedir. Dünyada birçok ülkede farklı adlarla oluşturulmuş olan Ombudsmanlık Kurumu, Almanya'da Savunma Ombudsmanlığı ismiyle kurulmuş ve faaliyetlerini yürütmektedir.Çalışmanın temel amacı, kamu yönetiminde hesap verebilirlik mekanizmasının bir uzantısı olarak Ombudsmanlık kurumunun incelenerek, Almanya'da faaliyet gösteren "Savunma Ombudsmanlığı Kurumu"nun değerlendirmeye tabi tutulmasıdır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda hazırlanan çalışma kapsamında, kamu yönetiminde hesap verebilirlik kavramı genel hatlarıyla ele alınmakta, Ombudsmanlık Kurumu Almanya örneğinden hareketle irdelenmektedir. Çalışma genel bir değerlendirme ve sonuç kısmıyla nihayetlendirilmektedir.Bu kapsamda hazırlanan çalışmada, betimsel analiz yönteminden ve eleştirel literatür taramasından yararlanılmış, konu ile ilgili yazılmış ikinci kaynaklardan ve Almanya'da Ombudsmanlık Kurumu'nun dayanağı olan anayasal ve yasal düzenlemeler gibi birincil kaynaklardan faydalanılmıştır.

scholarly journals On the valuation of economic goods

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
Wojciech Giza
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Monetary Value ◽  
Time Period ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Good ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Economic Goods ◽  
Philosophy And Economics ◽  
The Way

The presented study includes an analysis of the category of “good” on the basis of philosophy and economics. Particular attention was paid here to the factors determining the monetary value (price) of an economic good. While achieving the assumed objective of the research, answers to the following questions were sought: What is the difference, therefore, in the interpretation of good as an axiological category and good which economics deals with? What is the basis for the valuation of goods which are the subject of economic analysis? While seeking answers to these questions, an attempt was made to justify the thesis according to which contemporary understanding of the way the market valuates goods is limited to accepting the price understood as a variable representing a kind of relationship set in a given time period.

scholarly journals The Potential of Application of Technology-Based Innovations for Zakat Administration in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-100
Author(s):  
Aishath Muneeza ◽  
Shahbaz Nadwi
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Journal Articles ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Blockchain Technology ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Customary Practices

India is the home country for many Muslims and effective management of zakah is essential to the country. In this era of technology, it is imperative to use technology with zakat to ensure that the classical zakat administration approaches are upgraded to the uruf or customary practices of the society. The objective of this paper is to find out the potential of using technology in upgrading zakat administration in India. This is a qualitative approach where the primary sources such as zakat administration laws in India and secondary sources such as journal articles and published reports on the subject are analysed to derive conclusions. The findings of this paper suggest that the innovations such as rice ATMs, mobile applications, applications made with blockchain technology, artificial intelligence and big data can also play a vital role in the effective management of zakat in India. It is anticipated that the outcome of this research will assist the zakat administrators in India to adopt technology in this regard.   Keywords: Artificial intelligence, big Data, fintech, rice ATM, zakat

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