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Publication date: 13 March 2019

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The Politics of Land
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-428-2

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Publication date: 13 December 2018

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Environmental Impacts of Transnational Corporations in the Global South
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ISBN: 978-1-78756-034-5

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Publication date: 9 May 2023

Jacinto Rebadulla Valila Jr

There is a noticeable dearth of literature offering Marxist perspectives and analyses on the Bangsamoro struggles for self-determination, ethnic and religious identities and…

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Purpose

There is a noticeable dearth of literature offering Marxist perspectives and analyses on the Bangsamoro struggles for self-determination, ethnic and religious identities and social justice. A reason for this may lie in the general derision of bourgeois academics and conventional commentators on the supposed paucity of Marxist theories on nationalism, ethnicity and religion. This may have influenced, ironically, Filipino Marxist thinkers into being indifferent to this research topic. Far from the truth, however, that Marxism is essentially an economic determinist social conflict theory, its historical materialism offers a rich treasury of analyses and perspectives on nationalism, self-determination, religion and ethnic identity within the context of class struggles as the acme of the theory of scientific socialism. The paper, therefore, offers a scientific analysis of the Bangsamoro Question from a Marxist standpoint beyond the perspectives of psychologism, naturalism and ethno-racialism, which are usually deployed by traditional and uninformed commentators in analyzing ethnicity questions and quests for separatism.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper employs the historical and class analysis of the dynamics, relationships and struggles of classes in the history of the Bangsamoro struggles against colonialism and the subsequent postcolonial regimes up to the present time.

Findings

As a scientific paradigm, historical materialism presents itself as a general scientific social conflict theory. Using this framework through historical and class analyses, the paper proves the improbability of the Moros’ quest for separatism or genuine autonomy at this historical point. It, therefore, asserts the linking of the Moro struggles to the more immense struggles of the Filipinos for national and social liberation from imperialism.

Research limitations/implications

The paper is limited to the historical and class analyses of classes’ dynamics and struggles. It is, therefore, far from an exhaustive analysis of the Moro struggles using different non-Marxist social conflict theories.

Practical implications

The research can be considered a practical guide in analyzing and predicting the trajectories of the Moro struggles in Mindanao and Sulu.

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The work addresses the question from radical and Marxist premises.

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This is a highly original and valuable work from the point of view of Marxist social conflict theory.

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Southeast Asia: A Multidisciplinary Journal, vol. 23 no. 1
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ISSN: 1819-5091

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Rich Crime, Poor Crime: Inequality and the Rule of Law
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ISBN: 978-1-83909-822-2

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European Journal of Marketing, vol. 45 no. 11/12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0566

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Publication date: 12 November 2018

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The Tourism–Disaster–Conflict Nexus
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ISBN: 978-1-78743-100-3

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Publication date: 5 May 2023

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Planetary Sociology
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ISBN: 978-1-80043-509-4

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Publication date: 17 October 2023

S. Janaka Biyanwila

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Debt Crisis and Popular Social Protest in Sri Lanka: Citizenship, Development and Democracy Within Global North–South Dynamics
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ISBN: 978-1-83797-022-3

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Publication date: 14 December 2023

Thalia Anthony, Juanita Sherwood, Harry Blagg and Kieran Tranter

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Unsettling Colonial Automobilities
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-082-5

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Publication date: 30 September 2021

Sylvia Mac

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Neoliberalism and Inclusive Education
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ISBN: 978-1-80071-000-9

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