Charles Taylor on the modern problem of Meaninglessness
‘The problem of the meaning of life is therefore on our agenda, however much we may jibe at this phrase, …
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Megan H. Reid on the Nature of the Academy in Medieval Islam
‘Considering the number of hours that pious men and women spent awake at night in prayer, reciting the Qur’an in …
Hanna Mikhail on the use of Islamic Symbolism in the Age of Modernity
Present-day Muslims, in attempting to modernize their societies, depend greatly on the ideologies of the dominant West, but find it …
Tips for finishing a PhD from The Guardian
Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
These tips from The Guardian are good, and many apply to writing books too.
Melissa Lane: Socrates as god’s gift
In Plato’s version, by contrast, Socrates defends himself with attitude, along lines that are deliberately and dramatically different from the …
Melissa Lane: Greeks on Justice and Civilisation
“The fundamental political idea of justice can already be found in archaic [Greek] poetry… Setting the terms of right or …
Egypt’s Liberal Coup? – Shorter Open Democracy version
This first appeared in OpenDemocracy – Arab Awakening on the 13th of August, 2014. A substantially extended version was published here. Clarification …
Egypt’s Liberal Coup – Clarification 1
Unedited – originally published here at twit longer. Original post here. — Some points that needed to be clarified asked …
Egypt’s Liberal Coup?
An older and shorter version of this essay first appeared in OpenDemocracy – Arab Awakening on the 13th of August, 2014. 1. In …
Brendan Simms on the ‘Armed Missionaries’ of Freedom
“One way or the other, Robespierre’s warning that Europe would not welcome ‘armed missionaries’ was vindicated: the ‘reason’, ‘fraternity’, ‘equality’ …
