#cultural studies

• Agasi — A member of an ethnic group or traditional tribal community in West African regions, historically recognized for its well-defined social structure and distinct dialect; by extension, the idiom or language spoken by this community. Structurally, the term is used in specialized anthropological studies to describe the cultural dynamics, ancestral animist beliefs, and hierarchical organization specific to West African coastal populations.
• Animatism — A primitive religious concept or early belief system according to which the entire surrounding nature, including inanimate objects, meteorological phenomena, and geographical elements, is governed and permeated by an impersonal, supernatural, and invisible vital force. Unlike animism, which attributes an individual spiritual entity or distinct soul to each element, this anthropological doctrine postulates the existence of a single diffuse energy, similar to the concept of 'mana' in Melanesian cultures.
• Anti-Latinism — A political doctrine, ideological movement, or xenophobic attitude directed against Latin peoples, their culture, language, or historical heritage; a rejection of or prejudice toward the Neo-Latin or Mediterranean identity. In a historical and linguistic sense, it structurally represents a movement of opposition to the cultural, political, or religious influence of Rome or Latin states in various regions of the world.
• Anti-mythological — Opposing myths, mythical thinking, or traditional supernatural explanations; a theoretical or methodological orientation focused on demythologization, radical rationalism, and the factual analysis of reality. In a structural sense, it characterizes discourses or essays aimed at deconstructing fantastic or ideological narratives historically transmitted within a culture to reveal historical or scientific truth.
• Cultural self-education — The conscious, autonomous, and continuous process through which a person broadens their horizon of knowledge, assimilates spiritual, aesthetic, or scientific values, and educates themselves without the mandatory assistance of a formal educational institution. This structural cultural self-education contributes to intellectual development and the refinement of personality.