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Thorsten Botz-Bornstein
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Jul 20

Genders and Zodiacs (satire)

I recently overheard this conversation on the bus: § You say I am typically Libra, but I am now identifying with Sagittarius more than with Libra, didn’t you notice? § Yes, I had the impression that you are moving from balance to the more aggressive. § Well, not really. I…

Gender Identity

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Genders and Zodiacs (satire)
Genders and Zodiacs (satire)
Gender Identity

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May 20, 2022

Is Vladimir Putin a Eurasianist or a Slavophile?

www.botzbornstein.org The Neo-Eurasianist thinker Alexander Dugin has often been described as “Putin’s brain,”[i] as observers find his themes in Putin’s speeches. But what even is “Eurasianism” in relation to the present geopolitical situation? Eurasia has fascinated modern Western theorists. …

Putin

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Putin

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Sep 25, 2019

Flat lies and flat truths. Welcome to the Communicational Flatlands of Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg

www.botzbornstein.org Try to imagine a conversation between Donald Trump and Greta Thunberg. Some things cannot be imagined: it’s like imagining that in another galaxy 2 plus 2 equals 5. The reason is not the large political culture gap separating these two persons, nor their completely different personalities. Yes, Trump binges…

Trump

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Flat lies and flat truths.
Flat lies and flat truths.
Trump

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Dec 5, 2018

How organic thinking got lost and why it should be rediscovered

See T. Botz-Bornstein: Micro and Macro Philosophy. Brill August 2020. Some fight globalization by creating more and more particularisms. However, the multiplication of particularisms (which will probably immediately be marketed within the global economy) does not combat globalization but rather reinforces it. …

Philosophy

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How organic thinking got lost and why it should be rediscovered
How organic thinking got lost and why it should be rediscovered
Philosophy

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Oct 14, 2018

Donald Trump and the Ayatollahs might hate each other but they have one thing in common

Guns and Veils. Donald Trump and the Ayatollahs might hate each other but they have one thing in common Sept 20 2016. Did it ever cross your mind that veils and guns have something in common? Of course they do: both are used for self-defense. The Islamic hijab is said…

Guns

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Donald Trump and the Ayatollahs might hate each other but they have one thing in common
Donald Trump and the Ayatollahs might hate each other but they have one thing in common
Guns

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Oct 2, 2018

Natural Sciences and Human Sciences

Teacher: Natural sciences examine what is made by nature. Human sciences examine what is made by humans. Student: Natural sciences are made by nature. Human sciences are made by humans. T: No, natural sciences are not made by nature, they examine nature. S: Natural sciences examine sciences that are made…

Education

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Education

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Jun 23, 2018

How Kitsch consumed the World

The article was published in The Conversation. What is the predominant aesthetic of the twenty-first century? According to sociology professors Ruth Holliday and Tracey Potts, “we are on the point of drowning in kitsch. …

Kitsch

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Kitsch

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Aug 29, 2016

Joan Wallach Scott misinterprets the French burkini ban

Joan Wallach Scott, a social scientist at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, sees France’s approbation of revealing swimwear, as well as the current burkini bans, as products of ideas going back to the French Revolution of 1789. I believe that Scott misses the point. Women in France can…

Islamophobia

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Islamophobia

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Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein

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Philosopher. www.botzbornstein.org

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