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Pragna Patel on the Impact of Fundamentalism *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Women in particular have borne the brunt of the new found
Hindu militancy and intolerance.… Read the rest



Profile of Susan Sontag from 1992. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘I don’t want to express alienation. It isn’t what I feel. I’m interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.’… Read the rest



Denis Donoghue Reviews Illness as Metaphor. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Impatient with nuances and discriminations that would impede the march of her argument.… Read the rest



Politeness on ‘In Our Time’ *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

The Spectator, coffee houses, no swords, drawing rooms, books, mixing, nobility and gentry, Boswell’s dirty breeches, and much more.… Read the rest



A ‘Museum Different’ *

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The exhibit’s commentary is limited to comments like ‘Respect and sharing of your self is very important.’… Read the rest



An Unlikely Communion of Socialists and Islamists *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

‘…they hide the atheism at the core of leftist politics in order to pursue a blatant get–rich–quick electoral scheme.’… Read the rest



BHL Too Fashionable, French Intellectuals Report *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Authors motivated by impatience with relentless self-promotion and unquestioning adulation of French media.… Read the rest



As Miss World Turns *

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The war between religious fanaticism and secular modernity is fought over women’s bodies.… Read the rest



Richard Wolin on Derrida *

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‘Deconstruction was perceived, not unjustly, as part and parcel of an elitist, self-enclosed, mandarin academic idiom.’… Read the rest



Jane Kramer on French feminism. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Where did all the French feminists go?… Read the rest



Paul Gross Reviews Dawkins vs. Gould: Survival of the Fittest *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Increasing involvement of philosophers with evolutionary biology testifies to the emergence of the discipline to the center of public interest in science.… Read the rest



No Need for Facts When You Have Faith *

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You can be certain and be wrong.… Read the rest



Jews in US Academia since World War II *

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Taken for granted now, but it hasn’t always been.… Read the rest



The Catcher in the Rye is a crap book. *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Execrable prose and jejune narcissism – not a good combination.… Read the rest



Tony Sewell and Lee Jasper on racism and school. *

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We need to challenge a youth culture that thinks to do well in school is ‘to act white.’… Read the rest



Gangsta Rap Culture Not Such a Good Thing? *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Education has been portrayed as ‘white’ – what use is it when strutting the streets?… Read the rest



Derek Freeman Replies *

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Ad hominem denigration doesn’t make the case.… Read the rest



Derek Freeman or Margaret Mead? *

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One can be controversial and heretical and still be wrong.… Read the rest



Ni Putes ni Soumises *

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‘We’re girls, so we’re less-than-nothings, Priscilla, 17, told Le Monde after her friend Sohane’s death.… Read the rest



Irfan Khawaja takes issue with Daniel Pipes *

Apr 10th, 2010 | Filed by

Militant Islam and militant Christian fundamentalism are indeed related.… Read the rest