“He is one of very few scholars now alive who have, in effect, invented a field of study” Peter Brown: A Life of Learning – American Council of Learned Societies; Haskins Lecture, 2003 I remember the occasion when, in 1988, I had to perform the sad duty of writing the obituary of my friend and mentor,… Read More Peter Brown: A Life of Learning (2003)
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Russian Opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the most vocal leader of longtime Russian leader Vladimir Putin. He was serving a 19-year prison sentence for conviction on a charge of extremism. Outlook Web Desk A portrait of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are pictured as people demonstrate near the Russian embassy to France after authorities reported… Read More Who Was Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny, what do we know about his death in Prison?
By Nathan Robinson Jordan Peterson’s popularity is the sign of a deeply impoverished political and intellectual landscape… NB: On October 7, 2023, Peterson asked the Israeli prime minister to give ’em hell, Netanyahu! This exhortation to indiscriminate violence has had nearly 37 million views. One would think that someone with a vast following would be… Read More The Intellectual We Deserve (2018)
Bahzad Al-Akhras I’m a doctor and psychiatrist, and before the war in Gaza, my days followed a reliable routine. I would go to work in the clinic, visit my friends and spend time with my family. I lived a normal life. Now, my family and I are refugees in Rafah, after the Israeli army ordered us… Read More In Rafah, we sit in flimsy tents as the bombs fall. There is no escape: we can only wait for the worst
Paul Taylor Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to angry farmers last week faster than you could shake a pitchfork or dump a tractor-load of manure outside the European parliament. The European Commission president, expected to announce her candidacy for a second term heading the EU executive next week, told lawmakers that the commission was withdrawing a bill to halve… Read More Farmers are in revolt. Europe’s climate policies are crumbling. Welcome to the age of ‘greenlash’
I did see “the debate of the century”, the debate of our century. It was full of the stench of burning strawmen. A big deal, with huge numbers, and really very little underneath. First posted April 20, 2019 Stephen Marche The controversial thinkers debated happiness, capitalism and Marxism in Toronto. It was billed as a… Read More The ‘debate of the century’: what happened when Jordan Peterson debated Slavoj Žižek
GAZA casualties live statistics Rajab drew worldwide attention following the publication of her desperate plea for help as she sat surrounded by relatives slain by Israeli troops. Two paramedics sent to rescue the child were also killed by Israeli forces Six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab was killed along with five relatives and two medics sent… Read More 6-Year-Old Gaza Girl Hind Rajab Found Dead With Massacred Family, Rescue Workers
First posted June 19, 2016 Reviewed by Edward Mendelson Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism – by Judy Wajcman Exposed: Desire and Disobedience in the Digital Age – by Bernard E. Harcourt Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art – by Virginia Heffernan Updating to Remain the Same: Habitual New Media… Read More In the Depths of the Digital Age: Five books on psychological life in the internet age / We Are Hopelessly Hooked by Jacob Weisberg
GAZA casualties live statistics On December 7, the beloved Palestinian poet, writer, literature professor, and activist Refaat Alareer was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike that also killed his brother, his sister, and four of her children. In the week of mourning since, tributes to Alareer’s life, writing, mentorship, and activism have flooded in from around the… Read More Watch Brian Cox read ‘If I Must Die’ by murdered Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer
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