. Postmodern identity politics always makes yours truly come to think of Wolfgang Pauli’s famous quip — “Das ist nicht nur nicht richtig, es ist nicht einmal falsch.”
Politics & Society
. At the heart of the Dunning-Kruger effect is the recognition that overconfidence in ignorance makes people with low ability or knowledge believe they are more capable than they are …
The conflicting attitude towards Nietzsche is instructive. It indicates that the Dialectic of Enlightenment owes more to Nietzsche than just the strategy of a totalizing critique. It is still difficult to understand a certain carelessness in their treatment of, to put it quite blatantly, the achievements of Western rationalism. How can the two advocates of […]
Day after day, the Israeli regime reveals its brutal face as starving children become deliberate targets. For over 75 years, Israel has pursued a policy marked by systematic displacement and colonisation. Palestinian families have been driven from their homes, their land confiscated, and their future stifled under the iron grip of occupation. What remains are […]
When a liberal society faces the question of granting special privileges, immunities, and political autonomy to one cultural group … it cannot compromise on fundamental human rights. Furthermore, those who understand liberal democracy as itself a way of life grounded in a distinct moral faith cannot in good conscience agree to allow schools or the government […]
. Bonhoeffer warned of societies where individuals surrender their moral and intellectual autonomy to authoritarian leaders or dogmatic ideologies. Viewed through this lens, Trumpism appears to embody the very perils Bonhoeffer predicted — demanding ideological conformity while marginalising independent moral judgment, elevating political expediency over truth and fostering a climate of reflexive allegiance, where critical […]
Inom vetenskapen är mod att följa upplysningens motto och Kants diktum — Sapere Aude! Att använda sitt eget förstånd, att ha modet att tänka själv och ifrågasätta vedertagna uppfattningar, auktoriteter eller ortodoxi. I våra dagliga liv är mod förmågan att konfrontera rädsla, som när man står inför de mäktiga och inflytelserika – att inte backa, […]
Regeringens misslyckade hantering av ekonomin beror i grunden på en felaktig diagnos av inflationen. Inte av dess orsaker utan av lämpliga botemedel. Det konventionella sättet att bekämpa inflation utgår ifrån att den beror på överhettning som behöver nedkylas med räntehöjningar. Inflationen som uppstod i spåren av pandemin och kriget i Ukraina berodde på utbudsstörningar, men […]
Weak ideals of seclusion yielded high female employment, while a culture of associations and industrialisation enabled the working class to extract concessions. Under the Social Democrats, wages were compressed, while media championed egalitarianism. Thus even though women cluster in more low-paid jobs, their wages are still relatively high. Furthermore, if everyone is equal, no one […]
Precis som i övriga världen handlar dagens svenska inflation delvis om att en del företag och kapitalägare vill passa på och öka sina vinstmarginaler utan att det i någon egentlig mening föreligger reala kostnadsökningar som ‘berättigar’ detta. Den typen av i ‘smyg’ höjda priser blir allt lättare att genomföra i takt med att inflationsförväntningar stiger. […]