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Seeking Power Over Death: Lethal Mainspring Of World Politics
Abstract: At its core, history is the determinable record of humankind's struggle for and against death. Though such a bold assertion might first appear...
Sentiments of Ethical Leviathan
The conversation on the role of the state reoccurs in all ages of history for all generations. It is a central piece in understanding...
Charting an American Return to Reason: Nuclear Policy Goals on North Korea
"All our dignity consists in thought....It is upon this that we must depend...Let us labor then to think well: this is the foundation of...
Donald Trump, Insurrection and the American “Horde”
"The mass man has no attention to spare for reasoning; he learns only in his own flesh."
Jose Ortega y' Gasset, The Revolt of the...
Meritocracy in the Age of Mediocrity
Authors: Ash Narain Roy and Sophia Thomas*
Meritocracy, political theorist Hannah Arendt famously says, “contradicts the principle of equality. Without equality, it is no less...
Looking Back: The Trump Presidency as Triumph of Absurdity
Hamm: "What time is it"?
Clov: "The same as usual."
Samuel Beckett, Endgame
Credo quia absurdum, said the ancient philosopher. "I believe because it is absurd." Are...
History and Historians- Book Review
The book “history and historians”, basically a survey of western historiography is written by “Mark T. Gilderhus” who is a graduate of Texas university....
“Living On Mountains”: Antecedents of a Dignified and Secure World Order
"One must become accustomed to living on mountains, to seeing the wretched ephemeral chatter of politics and national egotism beneath one."-Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra
During the...
Exiting Donald Trump’s “Heart Of Darkness”: What Have We Learned?
"It ain't over till it's over," we learn from New York Yankee great Yogi Berra. Now that Donald J. Trump has been defeated at...
From Islamism to Transcendentalism
Thomas Carlyle’s political philosophy can be applied to inform Islamism and the construction of a post-Islamist political doctrine. This is because Carlyle’s conception of...