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Posts Tagged ‘cultural left’

Hysteria, or hope?

Posted in Cultural politics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 29, 2017 | 20 Comments »

Based on its title and on the snippets I saw being quoted, I fully expected to dislike Lee Jones’ article “Charlottesville and the Politics of Left Hysteria,” posted a few days ago at The Current Moment. Instead, I’ve found it nuanced, cogent, and well worth reading. I myself have tried to broach this topic of the […]

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The Damore-Google dust-up

Posted in Academe, Cultural politics, Politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2017 | 12 Comments »

Here I go wading into a type of debate this blog does not often venture into: the debate surrounding Google employee James Damore’s firing for his ‘Ideological Echo Chamber’ manifesto. I find this to be a complicated and interesting conversation, and I’m curious to know how my thoughts align with others.

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Global disorder, the left, & a new democracy

Posted in Cultural politics, Manifestos & auguries, Politics, tagged , , , , on November 1, 2015 | 1 Comment »

The following is something I wrote a while back that I have not had a chance to do anything with. I’m sharing it here simply because it will otherwise languish. It is a reflection on the political left and its failings in a changing global situation, a situation marked by inequality on a global scale, by increasing, […]

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