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Tag: Evil

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel

it’s hard for the human brain to encounter evil in ludicrous form, and still recognise it as such. That’s how it creeps up on you. That’s why you ask how such crimes were allowed to happen in the past. The answer is that it rarely arrives with the intent and identifying hallmarks of a villain.… Read More Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel

20th April 202620th April 2026 Dilip

Pure, Purifying, and Evil

William Pfaf (June 2013) Reviewed: The Devil in History: Communism, Fascism, and Some Lessons of the Twentieth Century by Vladimir Tismaneanu The twentieth century undoubtedly will mainly be remembered for producing totalitarian politics. Italian Fascism was the first to give this name to the phenomenon, even though Mussolini’s movement was the least “total” of the… Read More Pure, Purifying, and Evil

28th March 202628th March 2026 Dilip


How We Became Postmodern

Electoral Inquisition

Gaza and the Death of Conscience

After Discourse

The Mind of Brahma

A Political Man: Memories of Ranajit Guha

The Crisis of Ideology

विचारधारा का संकट

Beginnings and Endings

The Political Function of the Modern Lie

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