Saul Alinsky writing in the 1970s famously prescribed a set of rules to be followed by leftist radicals to maximise the effectiveness of their protests and mobilizations. At the heart of his strategy was a focus on problems rather than solutions: The organizer’s first job is to create the issues or problems, and organizations must… Continue reading From Redistribution to Retribution: The Evolution of the Woke Agenda
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Beyond the Culture Wars – An Enactivist Approach
To understand the Culture Wars which characterise much of what passes for political debate in Anglophone countries these days, it is important to understand their roots in identity politics, defined as political or social activity by or on behalf of a racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, gender, or other group, usually undertaken with the goal of… Continue reading Beyond the Culture Wars – An Enactivist Approach
The Illusory Quest for Shared Values
As we look around us at an ever-increasing number of apparently intractable conflicts, what is the scope for the discovery of shared values to offer us a way forward?
The Culture Wars and the “Right to Offend”
We live in the era of the Culture Wars and identity politics, fuelled by the absence of objective standards of truth and evaluation. What can be done to address the problem and rebuild the foundations on which civilised debate can be conducted?