Niccolò Machiavelli (1469--1527) is often interpreted as a cynic, or as a philosopher of political evil. But according to a Jacobin article, "Machiavelli was a republican idealist whose support for popular rule can inspire struggles against the oligarchies of today."
The history of Israel's dealings with the United States, as documented in a recently released FBI file, reads like a spy novel. The dates and details are recorded in an article entitled Isaiah L. Kenen: Foreign Agent to Founder of AIPAC
Professor Wen Yang wonders how it is possible that Machiavelli's treatise, when it finally appeared, was able to change the course of Western political philosophy. He believes that the core of the problem was the innate deficiencies of Western civilization. And these began very early. The problem with the West is that it did not experience the Axial Age.
In a Neutrality Studies interview, Professor Dr. Dr. H.C. Wolfgang Streeck explains why no one denies anything to Netanyahu. They fear he might use nuclear weapons on his neighbors.
I recently read the book, Martin Bormann: Nazi in Exile. The picture it paints of our present reality is disturbing but convincing. It's convincing because the world behaves like the Germans won the war.
This article presents the views of Professor David Harvey on class, nation and nationalism. Harvey's recent video, published by Politics in Motion, touches on an important element of the Pinker-Mearsheimer debate about the Enlightenment.
This is a summary and critique of a debate hosted by the Institute of Art and Ideas. In the videos cited below, Steven Pinker and John Mearsheimer debate the Enlightenment and its alternatives. The subtitle is, Which ideals are the best guide to human betterment?
I want to quickly share a few videos and sermons that have come to my attention since I wrote the last article. I said that we need theologians to address questions that were raised in that article about the nature of God. I think some of the following links address this question.
We no longer feel we are talking to fellow beings when we address our elected officials. And anyway, there is nothing left of the world we hoped to save. This is true of both physical infrastructure and human life.
Morris Jastrow wrote in 1919 that Israel is a 'glorified ghetto'. When you think about it, the conditions of Jewish life before the Enlightenment have been perfectly reproduced in Palestine.
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