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A Laissez-Faire View on Corporations

amanpsingh2013 wrote 3 hours ago: While Laissez Faire Capitalism or, simply, Capitalism is an economic system where all means of produ … more →

Tags: AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, Capitalism 2, capitalist society, laissez-faire, Laissez-faire Capitalism

The Moral Lens of Liberal Versus Conservative Thinking

Neal Jettpace wrote 1 day ago: “Correcting for income, education, age, race, family situation and religion, the happiest Americans … more →

Tags: Uncategorized

Capitalism Versus Socialism

author wrote 1 day ago: “Which is better, capitalism or socialism?” This is one of the most discussed political … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Politics, Sociology, capitalism, communitarianism, Marxism, Money, Political Nihilism, Politics 2

God Bless the USA!

robertbyron22 wrote 2 days ago: Homeowners Association told man he couldn’t fly the American flag in his yard. ►His Response: … more →

Tags: Humor

Political Realism

Andrew Tyrus Maina wrote 2 days ago: And the manner in which we live, and that in which we ought to live, are things so wide asunder, tha … more →

Tags: Book Review, Human Nature, Niccolo Machiavelli, political realism

Obama Denies Role in Government

robertbyron22 wrote 2 days ago: (h/t Instapundit): Andy Borowitz at the New Yorker: President Obama used his weekly radio address on … more →

Tags: Humor

On The Origins of Liminal Species

kibokonakipepeo wrote 2 days ago: This piece was co-authored with George E. Brooks Abstract In this paper we address the theory propos … more →

Tags: animals and political theory, animals, nonhuman animals, Zoopolis, Will Kymlicka, Sue Donaldson, Animal Rights, Liminal Animals, Domesticated Animals.

Know your enemy or Further hard data for your European stereotyping

robertbyron22 wrote 5 days ago: Fans appreciated the data-driven approach to European stereotyping of this post Now some hard data f … more →

Tags: History, Humor, Philosophy, France

And the government says “Punish the kids!”

Ellipsister wrote 6 days ago: And the government says “Punish the kids!” Well, not exactly. But they may as well. The National gov … more →

Tags: NZ Party Politics, Economics, Education, poverty, Children

Private Currency Could Cushion Collapse of Dollar

VigilantVote wrote 1 week ago: What if everyone just stopped using U.S. dollars? Could this possibly solve the economic crisis if p … more →

Tags: Debt and Monetary Policy, Economy, alternative currency, Amazon Coin, Banks, barter, BerkShares, coin, Collapse of dollar

Now some hard data for your European stereotyping

robertbyron22 wrote 1 week ago: From the Pew Research Center study: The New Sick Man of Europe: the European Union We have a duty to … more →

Tags: History, Humor, Philosophy, France

Ep02 – Depth of Goffman’s metaphor (substance and style explication) and how the image creation design is done

Przemek Kucia wrote 1 week ago: Let’s start where we left last time – connection between style and substance is symbiotic and somewh … more →

Tags: season 2, Charisma, Communicology, Consulting, designing an image, dramaturgical metaphor, Encounter, Erving Goffman, image creation

Equality & Political Ecology: From Spinoza to Politdoche1 comment

AhmedRTeleb wrote 1 week ago: Feeling and ideas are renewed, the heart expands, the human spirit develops only through the recipro … more →

Tags: Politics, Philosophy, Democratic Theory, Applied Philosophy, deep democracy, Equality, Rousseau, Spinoza, Hobbes

An Assault on Joseph Nye, Part Three: Keeping It Real

James Thomas Snyder wrote 1 week ago: U.S. Air Force C-130 drops relief supplies over Kenya, June 2010 (U.S. Department of Defense) In my … more →

Tags: Books, Politics and Political Theory, Public Diplomacy, NATO, Western political philosophy, Politics, Strategic Communications, International Relations, Soft Power

Facing Gaia: A new enquiry into Natural Religion-Bruno Latour's Gifford Lectures 2013

maestrojon wrote 1 week ago: Bruno Latour’s recent (Feb,2013)  Gifford Lectures at the University of Edinburgh deserve to b … more →

Tags: social theory, Power, Sociology, arts & letters, Philosophy, climate change, Globalisation, Biology, Lectures

Critics respond to "Nietzsche's Marginal Children"28 comments

Corey Robin wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been traveling for several days, but in the last 24 hours, a bunch of people have respond … more →

Tags: Economies, The Right, brian doherty, Jordan Bloom, Kevin Vallier, Philip Pilkington

Class 1 Introduction

contemporarytopicsinpoliticalthought wrote 1 week ago: http://webdb.gsu.edu/dmg/mediaplayer/mediaplayer.cfm?file=/phl/phlean/Lindsay/CTPT_class_1.mov& … more →

Tags: Political Thought, Political Philosophy

Political Scientism

suminalexander wrote 1 week ago: I’ve been haunted by the ghost of this theme for quite some time now. Having put up with the e … more →

Tags: Thoughts & Scribbles, Politics, political science essay, Essay, Political Science, paper, university paper, Epistemology, Philosophy

Protest

rikowski wrote 1 week ago: Protest PROTEST Call for Papers: ‘Protest’ Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current … more →

Tags: Academic Stuff, activism, Call for Papers, journals, Marxism, Politics, Anti-austerity, Anti-Capitalism, Antonio Negri


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