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Heroes in the SeaweedDoes Pierre Bayle’s argument for toleration, given the universality of hypocrisy, succeed?For the last century or more, in many nations, toleration came to be such an accepted civic principle that we can forget how hard fought…Oct 16, 20235
Michelle TeheuxinMinds Without BordersThe Rise of the IlliteratiThe secret society that opposes the IlluminatiJun 17, 202316Jun 17, 202316
Peter SacksMake American Feudal Again.After Nikki Haley warned Vivek Ramaswamy to “leave my daughter out of your voice,” and then called him “scum” for doing just that, we are…Nov 17, 2023Nov 17, 2023
Michael KoetsierinShort HistoryThe Purpose of Historical ArtLetting art be a resource for solving political problems in times of crisis.Sep 7, 20238Sep 7, 20238
Benedict IheagwaraWhy Ideas Matter: Looking at the Legacies of the Enlightenment and NeoliberalismIdeas have consequences. The world-transforming explosion of the Enlightenment Big Bang and the global hegemony of neoliberalism attest to…Aug 26
Heroes in the SeaweedDoes Pierre Bayle’s argument for toleration, given the universality of hypocrisy, succeed?For the last century or more, in many nations, toleration came to be such an accepted civic principle that we can forget how hard fought…Oct 16, 20235
Michelle TeheuxinMinds Without BordersThe Rise of the IlliteratiThe secret society that opposes the IlluminatiJun 17, 202316
Peter SacksMake American Feudal Again.After Nikki Haley warned Vivek Ramaswamy to “leave my daughter out of your voice,” and then called him “scum” for doing just that, we are…Nov 17, 2023
Michael KoetsierinShort HistoryThe Purpose of Historical ArtLetting art be a resource for solving political problems in times of crisis.Sep 7, 20238
Jolyon AgarAs the Israel-Gaza conflict unfolds, far from upholding “western values”, the Right is once again…As the tragic events in the Middle East have unfolded since October 7th with a grotesque predictability, there has been the equally…Oct 30, 2023
Heroes in the SeaweedFive enlightenment arguments for tolerationBeyond the conceptions of “the enlightenment” out there in culture-war-i-la-la-land today, the core ethical value that emerged from the…Oct 19, 2023
Adam M WakelingUpdate on New BookMy latest book, Why the Enlightenment Matters: The Shift in Our Thinking That Made the Modern World, has been published by Australian…Sep 19, 2023