The Merchants of Moral Panic — Thomas Harrington | BROWSTONE INSTITUTE
Source: BROWSTONE INSTITUTE NOVEMBER 23, 2021 The Merchants of Moral Panic By THOMAS HARRINGTON In his famous Understanding Media published in 1964 …
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Totalitarianism and the Five Stages of Dehumanization — Christiaan W. J. M. Alting Von Geusau | BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE
Source: BROWNSTONE INSTITUTE Totalitarianism and the Five Stages of Dehumanization By CHRISTIAAN W.J.M. ALTING VON GEUSAU NOVEMBER 17, 2021 Hannah …
To Posterity — Bertolt Brecht
To Posterity by Bertolt Brecht 1. Indeed I live in the dark ages! A guileless word is an absurdity. A …
Daniel Dennett: “From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution of Minds” | Talks at Google
From the YouTube summary: How did we come to have minds? For centuries, this question has intrigued psychologists, physicists, poets, …
“These make the wounds of men” — Norman Bethune, 1939
What follows is an excerpt from Norman Bethune’s The Wounds, Alive Press circa 1973, pp.27-32. — “Wounds” by Norman Bethune . …
Frederick Engels’ “Synopsis of Capital” | Marxists Internet Archive
Norm’s note: I’m beginning to read through Frederick Engels’Synopsis of Capital. Since this blog is as much for myself as …
Part Six. On the Materialist Dialectic On the Unevenness of Origins — Louis Althusser (1963)
[Norm’s note: for those trying to make sense of Marx — who has been badly interpreted by a host of scholars …
A philosophical interlude: Roundtable Discussion on Metaphysics — Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, Daniel C. Dennett, Stephen Toulmin, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould. Moderator: Wim Kayzer. (Recorded in 1993)
Norm’s note: Take a break. Indulge! Enjoy! Because to ‘wonder‘ is also to be human . . . BTW and …
Reading the “unreadable” Marx — Humphrey McQueen | Marx Myths and Legends / (March 2005)
Source: “READING THE “UNREADABLE” MARX” was written for “Marx Myths and Legends” by Humphrey McQueen in March 2005, and rights …
Assessments, meta-analyses, discussion and peer review — Judith Curry | Climate Etc.
[Norm’s note: Originally published by Judith Curry on her blog, Climate Etc. I reproduce it here under the terms of the Creative …
“If money, according to Augier, “comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek,” capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” — Karl Marx | Marxist Internet Archive
[Norm’s note: The quote chosen as the title of this post is the last line of the excerpt that follows.] …
Why read Karl Marx?
Karl Marx, or at least the current of thought for which he was a spokesman and exegete, whether people realize …
An Example of Racism as Capitalist Practice — an excerpt from Jean-Paul Sartre’s “Critique of Dialectical Reason”
Source: Marxist Internet Archive Jean-Paul Sartre 1960 Racism and Colonialism as Praxis and Process Excerpt from “Critique of Dialectical Reason” …
The Return of Fascism in Contemporary Capitalism – by Samir Amin | Monthly Review
The Return of Fascism in Contemporary Capitalism by Samir Amin _ It is not by chance that the very title …
The Real World of Ideology — Joe McCarney 1980
(source of what follows: Marxist Internet Archive) The Real World of Ideology Joe McCarney 1980 Preface This essay is a …
A Critique of Proudhonism
What follows are two excerpts from two different essays written in response to Proudhon’s ‘socialist project,’ the first from a …
Taking Sides 