The steadfast persistence of racism is particularly acute in an America which has found no way or means of honestly dealing with this flabbergasting inhumanity. Was there ever a council for truth and reconciliation, such as was the case at the end of South African apartheid? Have any attempts at across the board, non-discriminatory reparations…
Most roads do not lead to Rome-that is the situation, European: recognize it (Sloterdijk, Bubbles, p. 75). Dr. Christopher Davis argues in her book Savage Minds that an ethnocentric, colonial mentality still shapes the way we think about Africa. She writes, “We are subject to “African exceptionalism”: a sense that Africa is so different, so…
In his widely read 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, political scientist Francis Fukuyama argued that the end of the Cold War signaled the ushering in the “post-political.” In the true spirit of G.W.F. Hegel’s (1770-1831) philosophy of history, he concluded that all of history was destined to develop toward the…
European philosopher Peter Sloterdijk once wrote: “pandering obstructs pondering.” Nothing could be more evident than considering the travails of US political coverage of the latest presidential circus. The romantic nostalgia that Trump’s candidacy has tapped into represents a few of the dark underbellies of America that we would do well to take heed. Unlike most…
It is no secret that we live in an age of disruption and distraction—I am easily reminded of how regularly “breaking news” alerts buzz across our screens, above crawlers with overloads of useless information. Almost anyone today has the tools necessary to emulate the watchdog function of the media. That is why I was startled…