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www.palladiummag.com
[AI summary] This article explores the complex and evolving role of Confucianism in contemporary China and its historical parallels with Japan's pre-WWII Confucian nationalism. It highlights the tensions between liberal and authoritarian interpretations of Confucianism, the influence of Japanese Confucianism on Chinese intellectuals, and the challenges faced by liberal Confucians in the face of rising authoritarianism. The piece also touches on the potential for Confucianism to be reformed to align with modern democratic values and the importance of a progressive reconstruction of Confucianism to counter authoritarian trends. |
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historyforatheists.com
Alec Ryrie, Unbelievers - An Emotional History of Doubt (William Collins, 2019) 262 pp. We unbelievers are often mentioned in passing in histories of religion, but there are only a few works of history that focus on those of us who reject religion or who never held religious beliefs at all. This one is by a scholar who is a Christian, but one who strives to give a balanced and nuanced view of how various modern Western strains of unbelief... Read More Read More |
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aeon.co
Academic philosophy can indeed make sense of our interdependent world. But only if it transforms by becoming truly diverse |
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redsails.org
The third chapter of Michael Parenti's "Blackshirts & Reds" is often seen stand-alone under the title "Left Anticommunism: The Unkindest Cut." Though it is amazing that such a brilliant piece of writing is widely available, and though it definitely holds up on its own, I tend to... |
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