The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Racist attitudes are a holdover from primitive times. There is still plenty of racism, but we have made progress in some parts of the world, as this Washington Post graphic of most and least racist nations shows. “In much of Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, […]
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Two related essays worth reading at the Library of Social Science site. Both take up the biologically-collectivist Organic Theory of Society and its recent applications to politics and public policy. Gerald V. O’Brien, Ph.D., “Social Justice Implications of the Organism Metaphor.” Abstract: “The denigration of marginalized groups is frequently supported through the widespread employment of
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Depois de bater em alguns ícones “da esquerda” (aqui, aqui, e aqui, por exemplo), é hora de castigar alguns “da direita”. O vocabulário político norte-americano tende a dividir as pessoas entre liberais¹ (na esquerda) e conservadores (na direita). Todas essas definições são generalizantes, e a grande questão é como classificar libertários, democratas, socialistas, teocratas e
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Let me give you some examples of monopolies and ask: Which are good and which are bad? “1. Megan and Ramon begin dating and become enraptured of each other. Soon they are monopolizing each other’s time and decide to form a lifetime, exclusive relationship. “2. A town
I’m happy to announce that there will be a Polish translation of Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault. The translator, Kasia Nowak, is now working on the manuscript, and publication will likely be toward the end of 2015 or early 2016. Nowak also did the Polish translation of my Nietzsche and the
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Em primeiro lugar, algumas boas notícias sobre o desastre ambiental do Love Canal (Canal do Amor em tradução livre), ocorrido na década de 1970, em Nova York: o resultado de estudos de longa duração não mostrou aumento das taxas de câncer ou defeitos de nascença entre os residentes dos arredores. Essa é uma boa notícia,
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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Raise the topic of monopolies, and the ensuing discussion will quickly highlight ideological blind-spots. “A colleague with whom I’ve taught courses in business and capitalism sent to me, enthusiastically, this article by Paul Krugman, a Nobel-Prize-winning economist. Krugman attacks Amazon and calls for it to be cut down a
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Há boas chances de que você conheça alguém que possui uma camiseta de Che Guevara. Versões romantizadas de sua cara barbuda são populares nos campi e em outros lugares — tão popular que a rede de lojas Urban Outfitters planejava lançar uma linha completa de itens de moda inspirada em Che, e dezenas de outros
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