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08
Nov
2009
Le Déclassement

9 hours ago by Arthur Goldhammer

Le déclassement has become a hot topic in French sociology of late. Eric Maurin, in La Peur du déclassement, contends that the phenomenon is largely psychological, a fear of what is in fact rather rare. Camille Peugny, the author of another book on the subject, disagrees. If I hesitate to translate ...

French Politics - artgoldhammer.blogspot.com · Rank: 33,398 · 78 references

Liberal Democrats in the Weimar Republic: The History of the German ...

16 hours ago by Editor

Product DescriptionA thorough critical history of the DDP and DStP based on archival research that reveals new information about the fail­ure of the German middle classes in politics. Frye demonstrates that the DDP had a significance much greater than its fol­lowing might suggest. Within its ranks w ...

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07
Nov
2009
Untitled

1 day ago by Елена Гапова

Рустам [26.10 18:24] Не секрет, что многие молодые российские ученые наоброт мечтают уехать работать на Запад. Можете ли Вы привести ряд доводов в пользу того, почему не стоит ехать на Запад, а, напротив, остаться жить и работать в РФ? Спасибо По-моему, их нет. По крайней мере, в экспериментальной н ...

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06
Nov
2009
The Culture Alliance introduces Fiction Friday

2 days ago by Daniel

The Culture Alliance’s latest in its work fostering a culture of liberty and personal responsibility in America brings readers news, opinion, reviews and excerpts from the world of popular fiction. On Friday of each week, subscribers to TCA’s Weekly Update will receive the latest in reviews, excerpt ...

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Somewhere between being and nothingness.

3 days ago by Margaret Soltan

Spot of nice writing from a British columnist, who reflects on the special respect in France for intellectuals like Claude Lévi-Strauss: Yes, Britain has scholars and pundits. But on the intellectual spectrum they enjoy a status somewhere between being and nothingness. France’s “intellos” serve as t ...

University Diaries - margaretsoltan.com · Rank: 9,578 · 151 references

05
Nov
2009
Follow-Up: Charles Cameron on David Ronfeldt

3 days ago by zen

Charles Cameron responds at length to a comment left by RAND emeritus David Ronfeldt in the previous post: In response to David Ronfeldt: David Ronfeldt wrote an important comment on my last post, taking off from it in a very interesting direction, and I think its deserves its own thread. I am going ...

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Paul Johnson: Master Chef of the Intellectual Feast

3 days ago by Bob Morris

Born in 1928 in Manchester, England, Johnson is an English Roman Catholic journalist, historian, speechwriter, and author. He was educated at the Jesuit independent school Stonyhurst College, and at Magdalen College, Oxford. He has more than more than 40 books in print that include: Heroes(2007) Cre ...

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Deep thinkers: The more we study dolphins, the brighter they turn out to be!

3 days ago by cliftonchadwick

Anuschka de Rohan The Guardian, Thursday 3 July 2003 02.25 BST The brain of an adult bottlenose dolphin is about 25% heavier than the average human adult’s brain. Photograph: Stephen Frink/Getty Images At the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Mississippi, Kelly the dolphin has built up quite a ...

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Finding moderate voices in the Arab world

3 days ago by Cynthia P. Schneider and Nadia Oweidat

WASHINGTON, DC: “Where are the moderate voices from the Arab world?” This common lament often leads to nostalgic evocations of the Golden Age of Islam. US President Barack Obama recently harked back to this period of [...]

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04
Nov
2009
Guest Post: Speak the Languages, Know the Modes of Thought

4 days ago by zen

Charles Cameron, who has appeared here before, is the former Senior Analyst with The Arlington Institute and Principal Researcher with the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University. He specializes in forensic theology, with a deep interest in millennial, eschatological and apocalyptic relig ...

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