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Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Mar 8, 2015

The Paradox of Liberalism and the Rise of Fundamentalism

THE RISE of fundamentalism is causing a paradoxical situation for us Westerners: The very concepts that once helped us overcome the bitter fundamentalism of the wars of religion — pluralism and moral autonomy — seem to prevent us…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Nov 15, 2015

Beliefs Matter

ONE of the most disheartening elements of the barbaric attacks in Paris this weekend is that we all knew something like this could happen. We all knew very well that there is a frightening number of people living in the world today whose beliefs would lead them to act in precisely this murderous…

Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Jan 11, 2015

Philosophy and the Battle against Fundamentalism

LET ME start with a bold statement: I believe philosophy holds the key to defeat fundamentalism and to truly dismantle the logic of religiously motivated terrorism that afflicts our late-modern societies. I am fully aware that in an era where…

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Francisco Mejia Uribe in Postmodern Perspective

Oct 27, 2015

The Deprivatization of Belief and its Consequences

THE MOST consequential aspect of the hyperconnected world that has emerged over the last two decades is the growing interlacing of formerly private beliefs into new public global networks. The dissolution of informational friction brought…

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