On Zizek, multiculturalism, the EU and rising political disengagement Continue reading
November 26, 2008
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November 2, 2008
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A pleasing surprise
It surely can’t just be me who didn’t realise that Claude Levi-Strauss is still alive? His 100th birthday is coming up on the 28th, it would seem, and the TLS has a nice piece on him to celebrate.
February 22, 2008
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In defence of MEPs
Yes, I’ve been slagging them off a lot over the last couple of days – but there are always two sides to everything. Jon Worth makes a lot of sensible points about the current expenses scandal: MEPs get the same … Continue reading
February 16, 2008
by Nosemonkey
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Why I’m (largely) pro-EU
Nutty eurosceptics are always good for a giggle, but can be deeply frustrating for the more sensible anti-EU types, as Tory MEP Daniel Hannan has recently discovered following his (rather silly) expulsion from the EPP – and as those who … Continue reading
February 11, 2008
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Nosemonkey’s politics (2)
The shorter, snappier version of why I am loosely pro-EU. Continue reading
February 11, 2008
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Nosemonkey’s politics (1)
A rehash/edited version of last year’s Philosophicae Nasalis Larvatus, that hopefully explains my attitudes in line with this site’s name change… Continue reading
February 15, 2005
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Sovereignty
Via Political Theory Daily Review, a pdf article providing an interesting (if flawed) overview of the development of the concepts of “sovereignty” and “the nation state” which EU-sceptics often seem to get so worked up about, as well as the … Continue reading