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Identity and Migration
Modern liberal societies have weak collective identities. Postmodern elites, especially in Europe, feel that they have evolved beyond identities defined by religion and nation. But if our societies cannot assert positive liberal values, they may be challenged by migrants who are more sure of who they are…
Cover story: ‘Identity and migration’ by Francis Fukuyama | […]
Is Philosophy Progressive?
Some say that one of the main differences between science and philosophy is that science makes progress while philosophers go round in circles endlessly discussing the same questions. Toni Vogel Carey isn’t convinced.
Hm.. Sound familiar?
Philosophy Now
Problems with Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism, which was supposed to be the most precise and hard-headed of moral arguments, turns out to be the most speculative and arbitrary. For we have to assign values where there is no agreed valuation, no recognised hierarchy of value, no market mechanism for determining the positive or negative worth of different acts and outcomes. […]
PoMo is the New Black
I guess all those courses in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature will come in handy in the business world afterall! A decent article from the Economist on the influence of leftist philosophers and modern retailing.
Lyotard, Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida were all from the far left. The pomos (as they are affectionately […]