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…

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. …

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…

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…

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. …

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…