I almost missed this, a good account of american imperialism…
By 1898, a great land empire had been forged through brutal conquest. Now the American gaze turned to foreign lands.
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Bennett’s The Dramatic Universe
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The old Darwiniana had a lot of commentary on Bennett’s The Dramatic Universe which despite being a work stuck in the ‘new age’ mindset nonetheless had a very modern cast behind its peculiarities and, in the process, provided an introduction, very indirect, without even mentioning the term, of the classic Indian Samkhya.
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Appreciating Historian Jacques Barzun’s Critique of Darwinism | Evolution News
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In his book Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage, Barzun was audacious enough to subject Darwin to a withering barrage of criticism, despite Darwin’s heroic status among scientists and academics. Continue reading Appreciating Historian Jacques Barzun’s Critique of Darwinism | Evolution News
“In China We Can Criticize Darwin,” …
Recently I had a conversation with a new Chinese acquaintance, who disclosed a thoughtful interest in questions about biological and cosmic origins. I quoted the remark from Chinese paleontologist Jun-Yuan Chen, “In China we can criticize Darwin, but not the government; in America, you can criticize the government, but not Darwin.”I thought this would get a knowing laugh – Yes, you silly Americans with your strange reverence for a long-dead Victorian Englishman. Instead, it drew a small and what I took to be a…careful, circumspect smile. That surprised me.
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Enlightenment without end
But for those who live in the world made by Machiavelli, Hobbes and Smith, there is no supreme good. Rather than salvation or virtue they want power, pleasure and profit – and they want them all without measure, limitlessly.
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R48G: the eonic model and Judeo-Christianity, historical materialism, end of history discourse, and communism/democracy
R48G: the eonic model and Judeo-Christianity, historical materialism, end of history discourse, and communism/democracy June 29th, 2017 •
Crucifying Julian Assange
The media’s refusal to defend the WikiLeaks publisher is a betrayal of press freedom.
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