The culture of slavery in traditional context and globalised society

• Authors: Emmanuel Orok Duke , Stella E. Osim

Abstracts

EN

The culture of slavery is a product of functional dynamics in human society that seeks to sustain unbalanced power relations among interacting persons for political, economic, social or intellectual benefits. This reality is part and parcel of human history and every epoch has to deal with slavery based on its cultural anthropological resources. This paper proposes the argument that in human history the dynamics of the culture of slavery is similar; but the difference consists in the material of domination at the behest of every age or civilisation. Consequently, this work seeks to deconstruct the culture of slavery in traditional African societies and the emerging global society so that their dynamics of slave culture may stand out. Robert Merton’s theory of structural functionalism, and Orlando Patterson’s theory on slavery and race theories are used as the theoretical frameworks for understanding the culture of slavery. With this, the x-ray of the dysfunctions of the culture of slavery is germane so that the various means of freedom or controlling it in the twenty-first century could be arrived at.

Keywords

EN

slavery; cultural dynamics; globalised society; material of domination; traditional society

• Publisher: Stowarzyszenie Naukowe Przestrzeń Społeczna i Środowisko
• Journal: Przestrzeń Społeczna
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2/2020 (20)

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Emmanuel Orok Duke

• University of Calabar

author

Stella E. Osim

• University of Calabar

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki

2077927