In the end, culture imposes itself on the individual. Yet, culture is the least studied issue in the social sciences, even though it is the most important issue for social scientists. As Le Bon wrote: “The factors which determine the birth and development of the basic elements of a civilization are just as numerous as … Continue reading Varieties of World Order
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English Traits
“Beauty and strength, strength and beauty.” As one scholar wrote, these were what early American philosophers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson considered as commonplace English or Anglo-Saxon characteristics. Freedom and liberty are also thought to be not just a value system for Anglo-Saxons, but an impulse or an instinct. But as the revisionist scholar wrote: … Continue reading English Traits
Our Loved Egyptian Night
Stereotyping, as we mentioned in the past, is a top-down act intended as part of the overall colonization and subjugation process. It then leads us to the question of how important race actually is in the shaping of American foreign relations. To what extent does race play a role in the determination and formation of … Continue reading Our Loved Egyptian Night
A Fraction of Mankind
If world history is essentially a process based on change, and change has cultural meaning which stems from a “cultural apparatus” to borrow from Mills, that cultural apparatus which prompts change and explains the cultural meaning of change is the intellectual class or the intelligentsia. To borrow from Mills: “Intellectuals are now living in a … Continue reading A Fraction of Mankind
Avant-garde
Everyone asks “why” at least once in a while. Anyone who thinks will probe for the meaning of life and the meaning of history at least once in their lifetime. And by happenstance, some of us are put in the position to give the answer. Or at least we are put in the position to … Continue reading Avant-garde
Adam A. Azim 