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Human Affairs

Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly

ISSN: 1337-401X

Editor-in-chief: Gabriel Bianchi

Edited by: Marek Hrubec, James Tartaglia, Kamila Urban

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Postdisciplinary international journal for humanities and social sciences published in English by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia. The underlying editorial strategy is to advance human self-understanding and communication via publishing innovative theoretical, interpretative, critical and historical contributions transcending traditional disciplinary and cultural frontiers.

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Volume 33 Issue 3

September 2023

Publicly Available August 14, 2023

Frontmatter

Page range: i-iii

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Editorial

July 13, 2023

Introduction: Social Changes in Latin America

Marek Hrubec, Dominika Dinušová

Page range: 285-287

Research Articles

April 6, 2023

Venezuela in the Context of Chavismo and the First Pink Tide

Ján Puchovský, Ján Puchovský

Page range: 288-303

Abstract

Political and social developments in Venezuela have significantly influenced the events of the entire Latin American continent in the first two decades of the 21st century. Our research, time-framed between 1999 and 2013, focuses on the political, legal, social and economic aspects of the Venezuelan society development at the end of the last century and the first two decades of our century. The article also examines how social movements set in motion by chavismo led, in 1999, to the adoption of a new constitution based on the principles of the separation of the five powers and how it contributed to the formation of the political movements across the Latin American continent known as the pink tide ( marea rosa ).

Publicly Available April 4, 2023

New Wine in Old Wineskins? Incomplete Democratization in Brazil During the First Pink Tide

Emil A. Sobottka

Page range: 304-318

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During the last decades in Brazil, two societal projects strived for hegemony: a democratic and participatory project disputed against an alliance of the emerging bourgeoisie with traditional political forces. The PT-led government, driven by Lula da Silva (2003–2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011–2016), representative of the democratic and participatory line, implemented many innovative policies concerning notably social citizenship rights and industrialization. Perhaps, like many other Latin American countries during the first pink tide, it was unsuccessful in transforming the old economic, political, and social frameworks to provide a suitable environment for new politics. The text examines this period, emphasizing improvements in political participation, inclusive social policies, and the relationship between the government and social movements, as well as some flaws that hastened its demise.

June 12, 2023

The Two Pink Tides in Latin America. Contemporary Global Prospects

Martin Lampter

Page range: 319-334

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The article analyses the two pink tides in Latin America in relation to contemporary global prospects. First, it recalls the main characteristics of the first tide, mainly linked to Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia. Second, it explains the limits of the first tide. Third, it focuses on the main characteristics of the second tide, which are analysed in detail later in the article. Fourth, it analyses the reasons behind the recent changes in Colombia. Fifth, it describes the economic transformation system in Cuba. Sixth, it addresses how Brazil is joining the new tide, seventh, particularly concerning Bolsonaro’s legacy and Lula’s return. Eighth, it shows the revitalization of Lula’s social policy, and ninth, the Latin American and global impacts of the recent elections in Latin America. In conclusion, tenth, it formulates future scenarios for the possible development of the second tide in Latin America.

March 27, 2023

The Trajectory of Ideals in the Revolutionary Processes of Latin America

Dominika Dinušová

Page range: 335-348

Abstract

The study focuses on the conceptual development of Latin American revolutionary thought, capturing the trajectory in the formulation of revolutionary ideals along the evolutionary axis from independence to socialism. The aim of the study is to grasp and explain the evolution of revolutionary ideals in order to demonstrate the broader context of current social processes in Latin America through a historical-philosophical analysis of the ideological basis of social movements in the region. An analysis of the ideological contexts captured in the continuity of historical development, which affected the shaping and nature of the current transformation processes, may facilitate our understanding of the broader context of the articulated need for social change in the Latin American setting as well as of the current societal challenges pertinent to social change and innovation on a global scale.

May 29, 2023

Strategic Socialism. The Updating of Cuba’s Model

Marek Hrubec

Page range: 349-365

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The article deals with the theme of updating of Cuba’s economic model mainly from the perspective of economic and political philosophy and its interdisciplinary contexts. First, it examines the historical origins of Cuba’s socialist model and the subsequent changes after the fall of the Eastern Bloc. Second, it analyses the actualization of Cuba’s model in the first two decades of the 21st century, that is, mainly the introduction of market and private ownership to complement planning and public ownership. Third, it explains the codification of these changes in the new constitution. Forth and finally, it focuses on an interpretation of international cooperation both in Latin America, especially within the framework of the two pink tides, and with other partners in global interactions, particularly China. This will make it possible to understand the updated Cuba’s model, which the author has coined strategic socialism with Cuban characteristics.

May 17, 2023

On a Genealogy of the Concept of “South–South Cooperation”

Fabricio Pereira da Silva

Page range: 366-377

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This article presents some ideas for a genealogy of the concept of “South–South Cooperation”. It defends a definition of the concept, to the extent that there are several possible understandings of what South–South Cooperation means, which makes it important to make explicit which one we start from. Next, the article proposes an epistemological debate based on the reflections of the Congolese philosopher V.Y. Mudimbe, to relativize and historicize the very notion of “South”. Finally, it makes a brief review of the origins and paths taken by the concept.

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Volume 33 (2023)

Volume 32 (2022)

Volume 31 (2021)

Volume 30 (2020)

Volume 29 (2019)

Volume 28 (2018)

Volume 27 (2017)

Volume 26 (2016)

Volume 25 (2015)

Volume 24 (2014)

Volume 23 (2013)

Volume 22 (2012)

Volume 21 (2011)

Volume 20 (2010)

Volume 19 (2009)

Volume 18 (2008)

Volume 17 (2007)

Volume 16 (2006)

Volume 15 (2005)

Volume 14 (2004)

Volume 13 (2003)

Volume 12 (2002)

Volume 11 (2001)

Volume 10 (2000)

Volume 9 (1999)

Volume 8 (1998)

Volume 7 (1997)

Volume 6 (1996)

Volume 5 (1995)

Volume 4 (1994)

Volume 3 (1993)

Volume 2 (1992)

Volume 1 (1991)

Journal Impact Factor	0.4	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor	0.4	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
Journal Citation Indicator	0.27	2022, Journal Citation Reports (Clarivate, 2023)
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SCImago Journal Rank	0.160	2022, SJR (Scimago Lab, 2023; Data Source: Scopus)
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Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly (founded in 1990 as Human Affairs) is an international journal for humanities and social sciences published in English by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia. It aims to bring together contributions from all traditional and non-traditional fields of humanities and social sciences which relate to crucial contemporary human affairs. The underlying editorial strategy is to advance human self-understanding and communication via publishing innovative theoretical, interpretative, critical and historical contributions transcending traditional disciplinary and cultural frontiers. By publishing primarily, though not exclusively, original and theoretical articles, empirical studies and their interpretations, reviews and notes of domestic authors, Human Affairs: Postdisciplinary Humanities & Social Sciences Quarterly serves the mission of fostering multicultural and international conversation concerning the whole range of human and social issues.

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book: Rorty, R. (1979). Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature. Princeton: Princeton University Press;
journal article: Rorty, R.(1993). Hilary Putnam and the Relativist Menace. Journal of Philosophy 90, 443–461;
book chapter: Rorty, R. (1994).Daniel Dennett on Intrinsicality. In B. Dahlbom (Ed.).Dennett and His Critics, pp. 10-25. Oxford: Blackwell.

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Editorial

Editorial Office

Editor in Chief:
GABRIEL BIANCHI, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Associate Editors:
MAREK HRUBEC, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
JAMES TARTAGLIA, University of Keele, United Kingdom
KAMILA URBAN, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Deputy Associate Editors:
ALBERT KASANDA, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
STEPHEN LEACH, University of Keele, United Kingdom
BARBARA LÁŠTICOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Managing Editor:
NIKOLA KALLOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Book Review Editor:
MAGDA PETRJÁNOŠOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Editor in Chief Emeritus:
EMIL VIŠŇOVSKÝ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Editorial Board:
LYUBOV BUGAEVA, University of St. Petersburg, Russia
EMANUELA CEVA, University of Geneva, Switzerland
GIDEON CALDER, Swansea University, United Kingdom
SANJIT CHAKRABORTY, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
JAKUB DRÁBIK, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
PETRA EZZEDDINE, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
JURAJ HVORECKÝ, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
KATARÍNA JARIABKOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
LUCIE JARKOVSKÁ, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
GABRIELA KILIÁNOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
ĽUBICA KOBOVÁ, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
SÁNDOR KRÉMER, University of Szeged, Hungary
IVAN LUKŠÍK, Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava, Slovakia
JURAJ MARUŠIAK, Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava, Slovakia
CARLOS MOUGAN, University of Cadiz, Spain
MIROSLAV POPPER, Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava, Slovakia
JOHN RYDER, American University of Malta, Cospicua and Marsaskala, Malta
PAUL STENNER, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
MARIANA SZAPUOVÁ, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
ADAM WIESNER, Anthropology, Diversity and Integration, Complutense University of Madrid
CHRISOPHER J. VOPARIL, Union Institute & University Cincinnati, USA
OĽGA ZÁPOTOČNÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia

Advisory Board:
VIERA BAČOVÁ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
JÁN BAKOŠ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
VÁCLAV BĚLOHRADSKÝ, University of Terst, Italy
MICHAEL BILLIG, Loughborough University, UK
MORITZ CSÁKY, University of Graz, Austria
KENNETH J. GERGEN, Swarthmore College, USA
HECTOR GRAD, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
PETER HASLINGER , Herder-Institut, Marburg, Germany
LARRY A. HICKMAN, Southern Illinois University, USA
HANS JOAS, University of Erfurt, Germany
DUŠAN KOVÁČ, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
JOSEF KROB, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
MIROSLAV MARCELLI, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
SAMI PHILSTRÖM, University of Helsinki, Finnland
JANA PLICHTOVÁ, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
JOËLLE PROUST, Institut Jean-Nicod, CNRS, Paris, France
CARL RATNER, Institute for Cultural Research & Education, Trinidad (CA), USA
PETER SALNER, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
THEODORE R. SCHATZKI, University of Kentucky, USA
SHALOM H. SCHWARTZ, Hebrew University, Israel
RICHARD SHUSTERMAN, Florida Atlantic University, USA
STEVEN REICHER, St. Andrews, UK
DAVIDE TORSELLO, University of Bergamo, Italy
KRYSTYNA WILKOSZEWSKA, University of Krakow, Poland
RUTH WODAK, Lancaster University, UK

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KAMILA URBAN
INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
Slovak Academy of Sciences
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email: humanaffairs@savba.sk; kamila.urban@savba.sk

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Online ISSN: 1337-401X
Print ISSN: 1210-3055
Type: Journal
Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
First published: June 1, 1991
Publication Frequency: 4 Issues per Year