Thinking Out Aloud

Postings on books (mainly non-fiction), a few films and matters of interest by Lorenzo from Oz (aka Downunder)

Sunday, September 28, 2014

The eternal now of conservatism (1)

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In a paper on how to reliably measure political (i.e. economic and social) conservatism, psychologist Jim Everett makes  a useful distinct...
Friday, September 26, 2014

In a nutshell

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I can summarise my previous long post on the Middle East very simply: Palestinians are currently Jim Crow -era Southern blacks for whom th...
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Sunday, September 14, 2014

What a difference framing makes

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The current turmoil in the Middle East is, amongst other things, one long vindication of Zionism. Given that, to many folk, Zionism has no...
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Ahistorical pomposity and gnostic sneering: why academics write deep crap about "neoliberalism"

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Humanities and social science academics write a remarkable amount of nonsense about "neoliberalism", typically understanding neit...
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