Nevertheless, what is “lurking” beneath our "infamous liberalism" is a kind of conservatism that takes on an outdated and obsolete approach towards sex which the Dutch have deconstructed and undermined. And only when we get to the issue of sex can we then claim that we have reached the truth. As Foucault wrote: “The essential … Continue reading Scientia Sexualis
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Infamous Liberalism
Liberalism – with its two most basic precepts or pillars of individual freedom on one hand and universal rights on the other hand – was the idea or the package of ideas that governed the political and social life of the modern West before it became tainted with crazed and frenzied money worship and brute … Continue reading Infamous Liberalism
Expressive Individualism
Nevertheless, and despite the fact that the Renaissance spirit took centuries to become mainstream, one cannot underestimate the role and the impact that the rejection of religious and monarchical authority and perhaps authority in general had in the overall transition from Medieval Europe to Modern Europe. As one scholar wrote: “The essence of the Renaissance … Continue reading Expressive Individualism
The Eclipse of the Papacy
Above all else, we must keep a long view of history in mind, in the sense that the segue between Medieval Europe on one hand and Modern Europe on the other hand was a rejection of religious authority and papal authority to be specific. To describe this segue from Medieval Europe to Modern Europe, Bertrand … Continue reading The Eclipse of the Papacy
Conventional Warfare in a Nuclear Age
One of the more intriguing aspects of conflict and war since World War II is the paradox of conventional or limited war in an atomic or nuclear age. One war theorist argued that as soon as the atomic bomb or nuclear bomb came into the picture, the assumption or even the myth that the atomic … Continue reading Conventional Warfare in a Nuclear Age
Adam A. Azim 