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What is it about the lived experience of being a working class
What is it about the lived experience of being a working class second-generation French Algerian Muslim at the margins of society that might lead to S...

Pandits who left the valley appear to have become very radical in
Pandits who left the valley appear to have become very radical in their views of the valley. What has influenced this? Hardship on the outside? Hindut...

The thing is, I became more and more aware of the possibility of
The thing is, I became more and more aware of the possibility of dis­tinguishing between becoming and history. It was Nietzsche who said that nothing...

Soccer is popular,” Jorge Luis Borges observed, “because
Soccer is popular,” Jorge Luis Borges observed, “because stupidity is popular.” Soccer is inextricably tied to nationalism, another one of Borg...

Two sonnets on Spinoza by Jorge Luis Borges 1 Here in the
Two sonnets on Spinoza by Jorge Luis Borges 1 Here in the twilight the translucent hands Of the Jew polishing the crystal glass. The dying afternoon...

“What Gramsci calls ‘common sense’ (defined as ‘the sense
“What Gramsci calls ‘common sense’ (defined as ‘the sense held in common’) typically grounds consent. Common sense is constructed out of lon...