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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 30, 2010

  Jamaica Failing, or yet to succeed?
By John Rapley: Is Jamaica a failing state? Or is it merely a state that has yet to succeed? I have been thinking a lot about this question lately. Obviously, the week's shattering events have focused my mind. But I have also been writing a book on a topic I have elsewhere called the...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 7, 2009

  Political Islam, secular elite and democracy in the Middle East (1)
By A. KADİR YILDIRIM* What is a bigger threat to democratization in the Middle East, reigning secular-elite parties and regimes or popular Islamic parties? Discourse against Islamic parties in the region appears to be the norm, usually in favor of authoritarian but secular regimes....... [view]
Posted By:  esum
Posted On:  Sep 21, 2006

  In Praise of Shadows
Media: book, essay Who: Tanizaki Junichiro When: 1933 What: A humerous essay considering Japanese culture, values and aesthetics in a period of modernization and hypermilitarism. Tanizaki essentializes and freezes the East-West binary, although not without a sense of facetiousness. Links:...... [view]
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