Politics & Society

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Mon, 18/08/2025 - 03:33
The influence of the basic themes of the philosophy of history on the social-theoretic argument of the Dialectic of Enlightenment is so strong that Adorno and Horkheimer cannot but comprehend the socially oppressed subject as a passive and intention-less victim of the same techniques of domination that are aimed at nature. It seems as if […]
Created
Tue, 19/08/2025 - 04:23
In science, courage is to follow the motto of enlightenment and Kant’s dictum — Sapere Aude!  To use your own understanding, having the ​courage to think for yourself and question ‘received opinion,’ authority or orthodoxy. In our daily lives, courage is a capability to confront fear, as when in front of the powerful and mighty, not […]
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Thu, 14/08/2025 - 04:05
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 […]
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Mon, 04/08/2025 - 01:25
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 […]
Created
Wed, 06/08/2025 - 17:58
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 […]