Tag Archives: Politics & Society

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.[embedded content] Sandel is — as always — both incisive and sensible in his analysis. As did Polanyi decades ago, Sandel shows the dangers of letting market economies drift into becoming market societies.

Universalism vs woke racism You may argue that theory is secondary: of course woke activists seek solidarity, justice, and progress. Their struggles against discrimination are animated by those ideas. But they fail to see that the theories they embrace subvert their own goals. Without universalism there is no argument against racism, merely a bunch of tribes jockeying for power. And if that’s what political history comes to, there’s no way to maintain a...

.[embedded content] 1-in-4 people in the UK live below the poverty line. Around 15 million people were living in poverty in 2021/2022, according to the government’s annual ‘households below average income’ report. That is outrageous!

Kathleen Stock and the woke cancel culture that threatens our universities Philosophy professor Kathleen Stock has been actively engaged in ongoing discussions about gender identity and transgender issues for a long time. In these discussions, she has expressed scepticism and concern about certain aspects of transgender ideology, particularly in relation to gender identity and its implications for women’s rights and spaces. Stock has argued that the concept...

Kathleen Stock och cancelkulturen Filosofiprofessor Kathleen Stock har under lång tid varit engagerad i de pågående diskussionerna om könsidentitet och transrelaterade frågor. I dessa diskussioner har hon uttryckt skepticism och oro över vissa aspekter av transideologi, särskilt i relation till könsidentitet och dess konsekvenser för kvinnors rättigheter och utrymmen. Stock har argumenterat för att konceptet könsidentitet suddar ut betydelsen av biologiskt...

In science, courage is to follow the motto of enlightenment and Kant’s dictum — Sapere Aude!  To use your understanding, have the ​courage to think for yourself and question ‘received opinion,’ authority or orthodoxy. In our daily lives, courage is the capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not to step back, but stand up for one’s right not to be humiliated or abused. Courage is to do the right thing in spite of danger and fear. As when the...

Quran burnings in Sweden This week, yet another Quran was burned outside a mosque in Stockholm, Sweden. It was, similar to previous burnings, a highly provocative act and one may of course ask why it received permission? Because freedom of expression carries more weight! Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs quickly took to Twitter to condemn “the despicable act in Sweden,” and a spokesperson for Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that tolerating...

Hans-Jürgen Krahl and the Frankfurt School .[embedded content]

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