Nationalism, Populism and the Challenge to the Ethics of Universalism

• Authors: Columbus Ogbujah
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Over the past couple of decades, both the news media and mainstream literature have been awash with stories of some sort of renascent nationalism and populism. Some citizens have begun to express lack of confidence in core representative institutions, accusing politicians and entrepreneurs of having lost touch with the concerns of ordinary people. They demand protection from transnational economic forces undercutting their access to jobs, wages, and benefits, and in addition, from the threats of terrorism associated with Islamic extremism. In this piece, their questioning of liberal civil rights was reviewed. Efforts at liberal homogenization were examined, and the charge that conservative views trivialize the ethics of universal human care, love and collaboration, which are at the heart of creating enduring peace in the world, was considered.

Keywords

EN

Nationalism; populism; liberal universalism; imperialism; systemic corruption

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii i Socjologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk; Fundacja Filozofia Na Rzecz Dialogu
• Journal: Dialogue and Universalism
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 67-83

Contributors

author

Columbus Ogbujah

• Department of Philosophy, Rivers State University, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.