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Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
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Slavoj Žižek: What do the ‘celebrity’ philosopher’s key ideas really tell us?
Often seeming to utilise parodic humour, Žižek has positioned himself as a ‘defender of lost causes’.
Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
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Heidegger in ruins? Grappling with an anti-semitic philosopher and his troubling rebirth today
How do we reconcile philosophy with Heidegger’s ‘most abhorrent inhumanity’, given today’s far right revival?
Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
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Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ talks to us eloquently in this era of the pandemic and wild conspiracy theories
The darkly satirical 18th-century novella takes aim at human folly, pride and excessive faith in the ability of reason.
Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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Exaggerations, silences and treasure: Kerala’s Arabian tale of migration to the ‘Gulf’
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What is cultural Marxism and is it really taking over universities everywhere?
There has been a relative decline of Marxist thought in academia in the last four decades, numbers show.
Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation
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How to get over lockdown woes during the pandemic? Stoic philosophy can show us the way
Philosophers like Seneca, Musonius Rufus and Epictetus say that it is not just the events in the world that make people suffer.
Matthew Sharpe, The Conversation