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“Just as none of us is outside or beyond geography, none of us is completely free from the struggle over geography. That struggle is complex and interesting because it is not only about soldiers and cannons but also about ideas, about forms, about images and imaginings.”
Edward Said (1994)
Category Archives: Religion
Meet Homo Empathicus
Can empathy scale up? Another adeptly animated RSA lecture that raises some interesting questions by economist and ethicist Jeremy Rifkin (he’s not very popular on the science scene though). Also check out David Harvey’s The Crises of Capitalism and other … Continue reading
God is back
Nietzsche once famously proclaimed that God was dead; with the advent of modernity, humanity has been the most anthropocentric it has ever been. Historian, editor-in-chief of the Economist and co-author with Adrian Wooldridge of God Is Back: How the Global … Continue reading
Sand’s The Invention of the Diaspora: Shattering a National Mythology?
Tel Aviv University historian, Prof. Shlomo Sand, author of new book Matai ve’ech humtza ha’am hayehudi? (When and How Were the Jewish People Invented?; Resling, in Hebrew) is sure to provoke some lively debate. In this interview and piece by … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient history, Diasporas, History, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Religion, Zionism
Tagged Ashkenazi Jews, Berbers, Judah, Khazaria, Khazarians, Shlomo Sand
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Christiane Amanpour’s God’s Warriors series: illegal Israeli settlements
Christiane Amanpour’s CNN God’s Warriors series focuses on the three Abrahamic religions. This video clip is a compilation of highlights on illegal Israeli settlements. (10 mins)
Posted in Illegal settlements, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Religion, Video, War, Zionism
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