In truth, the divides are not nearly as neat as they may seem. The events of the last decade have … More
Category: Political Philosophy
Philosopher-Kings
Plato tested the king by stressing the radical difficulty and lifestyle transformation that true philosophy involves: Those who are not … More
On Watching “The Kashmir Files”
On Watching “The Kashmir Files” I watched today The Kashmir Files at Inox in GVK One Mall in Banjara Hills … More
The Dropout
The dropout was not just a hippy-trippy hedonist but a paranoid soul, who feared brainwashing and societal control …but it … More
Free Speech and Academic Freedom
Last summer, my idea was to have that initial discussion about Senator Tom Cotton’s recently published op-ed in the New … More
Participatory Socialism
“I used to believe socialism was a failed idea. But then capitalism went too far. Now, I believe we need … More
UNDERSTANDING WHITE PRIVILEGE
“White privilege is an institutional (rather than personal) set of benefits granted to those of us who, by race, resemble … More
Liberalism of Rawls
To decipher a moral approach to real-world problems required a system that could, in effect, step outside the real world—one … More
A CENTURY OF DISAPPOINTMENT: REAPPRAISING NEOLIBERALISM
Neoliberalism is often associated with free trade, globalization and a laissez-faire approach to the economic process—the minimal intervention of the … More
Buddhism on Gender Identities
The spiritual or psychological transformation involves rejecting the belief in a delusional self and working on the process of ethnicization … More
Know Thyself 