Showing results for "Illusion" in Political Science

In his 1988 CBC Massey Lecture, Noam Chomsky inquires into the nature of the media in a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ideological control. Specific cases are illustrated in detail, using the U.S. media primarily but also media in other societies.

The death toll in Gaza continues to rise―a cold, lifeless number representing entire communities crushed under the weight of settler colonialism. What remains of the theories we use to understand our world? With lyrical and lucid fury, Hamid Dabashi exposes the racist roots of Western philosophy, demanding that listeners overcome its pernicious phantom of relevance. Rather than perceiving "the West" as giving carte blanche to Israel, Dabashi insists that Israel must be understood as its quintessence.

In this sweeping philosophical work, Amartya Sen proposes that the murderous violence that has riven our society is driven as much by confusion as by inescapable hatred. Challenging the reductionist division of people by race, religion, and class, Sen presents an inspiring vision of a world that can be made to move toward peace as firmly as it has spiraled in recent years toward brutality and war.

Interweaving an insider s account of the true crime saga driving Netflix sensation Making a Murderer with other controversial cases from his career, this powerful memoir from Steven Avery s defense attorney reveals the flaws in America's criminal justice system and puts forth a provocative...

Sometime in 2016, a series of dialogues took place which set out to find a meeting ground, even if only an illusion, between A.S. Dulat and Asad Durrani. One was a former chief of RAW, India's external intelligence agency, the other of ISI, its Pakistani counterpart. As they could not meet in their home countries, the conversations, guided by journalist Aditya Sinha, took place in cities like Istanbul, Bangkok and Kathmandu.

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Money is the most successful hallucination in human history. We eat it, breathe it, kill for it, and die without it—yet no one alive can say with certainty what it actually is. In The Invisible Leash, Boris Kriger pulls at the collar that economics has fastened around our necks and asks the questions polite society would rather avoid. Were we ever truly free before we invented currency? Is Adam Smith's "invisible hand" guiding us toward prosperity—or pushing us off a cliff?

The episode discusses how holding a certain moral high ground narrative can be a significant threat to those in power who are trying to maintain their position. It implies that the truth can be unsettling for those attempting to assert leadership in the moral domain globally.

Putins Krieg hat alle bislang als unumstößlich geltenden Grundannahmen unserer Beziehungen zu Russland zunichte gemacht. Wie ist mit einer geopolitischen Macht auf dem europäischen Kontinent umzugehen, deren DNA darauf ausgerichtet ist, mit kriegsverbrecherischer Gewalt bestehende Staatsgrenzen zu verändern? Zu dieser fundamentalen Herausforderung für die Zukunft Europas und möglichen Lösungen schweigen die deutschen Parteien auffallend laut.

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