Conceptual Clarifications I am a social scientist and, as such, I feel obliged to address the issues I discuss with objectivity, though…
News that in a few years (or months or even days) will surprise the distinguished and clairvoyant Western political analysts who help…
Introduction History teaches us that major social transformations have always occurred in the wake of two types of traumatic social upheavals: war…
Current affairs note: at first glance, this text seems futile in light of the recent attack by Israel and the US on…
This title is not a contradictory proposition. It is a call to unthink much of what we have become accustomed to thinking…
In this text, the hyper-contemporary age is situated between the end of World War II and the present day. As in previous…
Since at least classical antiquity, the differences between dictatorship and democracy have been clear, unequivocal, and as evident as the difference between…
In cordial dialog with Jeffrey D. Sachs I have written several texts about the transitional society we are in. Whenever I do,…
The easy answer to this question would be to say that we are in a time of transition. After all, all eras…
All normality induces and tolerates a certain type of extremism. Beyond a certain limit, either extremism is neutralized or extremism establishes a…
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