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New comet or damp squib?
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White horses and pink elephants
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Posted in China, Literature, Philosophy, Uncategorized
Tagged A white horse is not a horse, Anne Jellicoe, China, Kung-sun Lung, logic, Ming jia, pink elephants, sophistry, zebra
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Development ≠ Democracy
Editorial note: If you have not yet read our mission statement above, please do so in order that you can put our blogs in context. 5 December 2013 “There is no connection between democracy and development.” Observation by Meles Zenawi (1955-2012), … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Chile
Tagged Augusto Pinochet, Chile, China, democracy, Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, Xi Jinping
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Reaganomics
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Hold the front page
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Holland as I remember it
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Posted in Literature, Netherlands
Tagged Dutch literature, Dutch poetry, Hendrik Marsman, Herinnering aan Holland, Holland, Netherlands
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North v. South
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Things haven’t changed much
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Posted in Greece, Literature, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Athens, Classical Greece, Committee of Thirty, homo politicus, Plato, Plato's Seventh Letter, Socrates
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Fresh water v. salt water
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From Greek agora to Walmart
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Posted in Greece, UK, USA
Tagged Athenian agora, consumer society, depoliticized electorates, Eric Hobsbawm, Walmart, Westfield
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