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Muslims, Modernity and the Mundane

The continuing saga of beheadings perpetrated by jihadists of ‘Western’ origin is much discussed and little understood. One relatively unseen perspective is that this saga highlights a crisis within ‘Western’ civilisation, within ‘modernity’. Religious fundamentalism of any stripe is a … Continue reading

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Bob Black: Debunking Human Rights

At a fairly recent engagement at The Long Haul Infoshop in Berkeley, California, Anarchist writer Bob Black discussed the impracticalities of  the language of rights and the downright absurdity of the concept in  itself. Bob Black is perhaps most notable for … Continue reading

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