Shows tagged with : Political Theory

  • January 08 : The Examined Year - 2011
    A new year offers an opportunity to reflect on significant moments of the past twelve months.  But what ideas and events that took shape over...
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  • February 27 : John Locke
    Thomas Jefferson identified John Locke as one of “the three greatest men that have ever lived, without any exception.” Many debates in modern...
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Blog posts tagged with : Political Theory

  • February 06, 2012 : Black Solidarity
    posted by KT February is Black History Month.  So we thought it might be a good time to do an...
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  • January 08, 2012 : The Examined Year: 2011
    posted by KT This week, we do something special.  We take a look back at the past year, though...
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  • May 20 : Social Reality
    Few things affect our lives as much as the fact that we are citizens of one country rather than another. The government of, the economy of, and the...
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  • May 27 : Summer Reading List 2012
    Summer is the perfect time to dig in to deep reading. Plato's Collected Dialogues may be a bit much to take on vacation, but there are lots of...
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  • June 03 : Gay Pride & Prejudice
    The question of gay rights has become a hot button issue, with opposition taking on the air of a moral panic and support taking on the air of a...
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  • June 10 : What Might Have Been
    When we make claims about things that could have been—what philosophers call counterfactual statements—we are, in some sense, sliding between...
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  • June 17 : Faces, Feelings, and Lies
    According to Proverbs, lying lips are an abomination to the Lord. But lies on human lips are as common as fleas on a dog. What is a lie? Are all...
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  • June 24 : Corporations and the Future of Democracy
    The US prides itself on the strength of its democratic institutions and considers itself a leader in the promotion of democratic values around the...
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  • July 01 : Identities Lost & Found in a Global Age
    Throughout human history, people have tended to live and die in the place they're born. Place is an important part of identity. But what happens when...
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