Browsing by Author "Kizito, Michael George"

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From methodological authoritarianism to epistemic realism : multidisciplinary research paradigms and the post-modern turn
(E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (EHASS), 2024-12-04) Kizito, Michael George
The 20th century was characterized by a radical paradigm shift from modernism to postmodernism. Postmodernism rejected the stances of objectivism, universalism and the construction of meta-narratives that were evident in the modern epoch. Postmodernism re-affirms subjectivism, perspectivism and particularism in knowledge attribution, acquisition and justification. Postmodernism therefore dethrones positivism, radical empiricism and all their objectivistic scientific edifices. Post-modernism has its roots in post-colonialism, de-colonialism and the agitations for racial and gender justice. This academic masterpiece used critical historical analysis, critical hermeneutics, decolonial and postcolonial criticism to situate postmodernism as an emancipatory philosophy of method that safeguards marginalized modes of knowledge in the South from the epistemicide of Western Positivism. The paper analytically illuminated that postmodern epistemological ethos leads to the emergence of post-positivism in the natural sciences and interpretivism in the humanities and social sciences by propagating deconstructionist and emancipatory multi-disciplinary methodologies such as critical discourse analysis, phenomenological interpretation, critical race theory and critical gender theory. This paper further argued that multi-disciplinarity and transdisciplinarity are inevitable constellations of the eminent emergency of the postmodern epoch. The paper adds to knowledge by painstakingly contending that postmodernism entrenches situated knowledge and multidisciplinary methodologies that are equally valid, reliable, cogent and credible.
Herbalists in a digital aeon : neo-liberalism and the ethics of informal medicine in Uganda
(Jumuga Journal of Education, Oral Studies, and Human Sciences, 2026-05-22) Kizito, Michael George; Ssebunya, Margaret
In the 21st century, Uganda’s social milieu is witnessing a paradigm shift, from formal to informal medicine. This has been occasioned by the upsurge of information technology, in terms of radios, televisions, mobile phone technology and the internet. Unlike formal medical practitioners who are under a stringent obligation to avoid advertising their medical services, informal medical practitioners, such as: traditional herbalists, are utilizing the power of the air waves to advertise their services. The immense advertisement by informal practitioners has created the impression that informal medicine is more efficient and curative than formal pharmacology. Surprisingly, some of these informal pharmacology techniques are more costly than the formal ones. The fundamental problem of informal medicine still lies in its persisting situatedness in mysticism, myth, and anachronism. This implies that it is deficient of painstaking pharmacological experimentation and diagnosis. In Uganda, the article argues, neo-liberal politics has taken precedence over painstaking and efficacious pharmacology; and this is evident in the fact that there are no sustainable codes of ethics to regulate herbal medicine in the country. This has debilitating implications on patients’ right to health and patients’ empowerment.
Non-human animal rights jurisprudence in moral law and positive law: meta-philosophical disputations
(Jumuga Journal of Education, 2026-04) Kizito, Michael George
Non-Human animal rights have become the vogue since the beginning of the 20th century. Positivist oriented scholars especially from the disciplines of anthropology, law, and political science have contended that humans are not special and are far better than animals because they are all part of the evolutionary continuity. According to these scholars, it is scientifically proven that non-human animals also speak languages, have morality and empathy like humans. They thus propose that non-human animals should be accorded rights analogous to human rights enshrined in international human rights instruments such as; the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The failure to heed to this scientific predicament is regarded as equivocally consistent with human supremacism, exceptionalism and speciesism. This meta-philosophical master piece assesses the intricacies of instituting soft and hard law non-human animal rights instruments such as; the Universal Declaration of Non-Human Animal Rights (UDNHAR) and the International Covenant on Non-Human Animals’ Social and Economic Rights(ICNHASER). It is premised on the argument that non-human animals should be accorded justiciable sentient privileges, sympathies and empathies instead of rights because they are amoral beings. The article contends that guaranteeing nonhuman animals justiciable sentient privileges is tantamount to sentient realism and not human supremacism, exceptionalism and speciesism.