Journals
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Alkebulan : A Journal of West and East African Studies
Alkebulan: A Journal of West and East African Studies is an international journal published twice yearly (January-June and July-December). It is a publication of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Calabar, Nigeria. The journal intends to promote academic research in the humanities and social sciences domains, based on issues from the West and East African regions. Its goal is also to promote and encourage cross-disciplinary debate, comparative viewpoints, and research that employs the most relevant theoretical or methodological approaches to the issues in the region.
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Calabar Journal of Finance and Banking
Calabar Journal of Finance and Banking is a biannual publication of well-researched articles in finance, banking, and allied disciplines of administration, management sciences, and economics that touch the scope of the Journal. The Journal is domiciled in the Department of Banking and Finance, University of Calabar, Calabar - Nigeria.
CJOFAB is a refereed double-blind peer-reviewed journal that publishes theoretical and researched articles with quality and seeks to elicit cursory academic debates in the disciplines under its scope.
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JOURNAL OF ECO-ANTHROPOHOLISM
The Journal of "Eco-anthropoholism" is a multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that is published online by Gnosi Press twice a year (in December and June), beginning its first issue in December 2023. The Journal of “Eco-anthropoholism” serves as an interdisciplinary platform for the exchange of theoretical and applied research, as well as critical evaluations and assessments pertaining to the expansive domain of environmental ethics within the tenants of eco-anthropoholism ethics.
The concept of "eco-anthropoholism," formerly referred to as "anthropoholism," was developed by Samuel Akpan Bassey, a Nigerian philosopher with expertise in the field of environmental studies, in 2019. The term "eco-anthropo-holism" is a composite of three distinct terms, namely "ecology," "anthropocentricism," and "holism." Thus, eco-anthropocentrism tried to solve the problem of the apparent conflict between “anthropocentrism” and “non-anthropocentric/holistic ethics” in ecological discussion by pushing for a balanced approach that brings these seemingly opposite points of view together. This moderate approach embraces the notion of "weak anthropocentricism", a subset of "anthropocentrism" that pertains to human obligations and value systems necessarily geared towards environmental conservation. Eco-anthropocentrism argues that all ethical frameworks, such as biocentrism, ecocentrism, and land ethics, need human "obligations" and "value systems" in order for people to adhere to them. These obligations and value systems are intrinsically anthropocentric since they originate from and for humans. Thus, the concept of "weak anthropocentricism" is a necessary requirement for environmental conservation.
Additionally, eco-anthropoholism incorporates the "live and let live" mindset, which is firmly grounded in African communitarian philosophy and represents both holistic and non-anthropocentric ethics. Thus, the idea of eco-anthropoholism is a philosophical concept that posits that human beings are inherently interconnected with the natural world and hence cannot survive in isolation from their environment. Specific areas of interest for the journal include:
- Epistemology and the Ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
• Metaphysics (Ontology) and the Ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
• Logic and the ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
• Aesthetics and the ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
• Ethics of Eco-anthropoholism and Human Society
• Ethics of Eco-anthropoholism and Animal Rights
• Natural resource management and the ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
• Ethics of Eco-anthropoholism and Animal Rights
• Religion and the ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
• Worldviews and the ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
- Epistemology and the Ethics of Eco-anthropoholism
