Political science

  • Daodejing 3

    #3* Do not encourage excellent abilities, [1] [and] keep people from contention; do not value rare goods, keep people from stealing; do not flaunt the desirable, keep people’s hearts undisturbed. Hence, the governance Of the sage Empties their hearts Fills their… Continue reading

    Daodejing 3
  • Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

    To be GOVERNED is to be watched, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, regulated, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, checked, estimated, valued, censured, commanded, by creatures who have neither the right nor the wisdom nor the virtue to do so.… Continue reading

  • Academic funding and the public interest: The death of political science – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

      While I am very sure that my style would quickly fall under the rubric of those who try to avoid criticism by a kind of jargony bad writing, I do agree with many points being made here.   The… Continue reading

  • From Marx to Ratzinger. The Turning Point Manifesto

    See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions It’s not just the Courtyard of the Gentiles. In the borderland between faith and lack of faith, the season of conversions has returned. And of Keith Wayne Brown‘s insight: “…In the Catholic Church, famous… Continue reading