December 2011
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We are the most dialectical of cities, a place of wrestling and opposite forces....
– Delia Falconer, “Sydney”, p.10
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Ask anyone who lives in a large city to describe ‘their’ town and it...
– Delia Falconer, “Sydney”, p.9
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My 2011 Hottest 100 votes
I voted for:
M83 - Midnight City Jay-Z & Kanye West - Otis {Ft. Otis Redding} TV On The Radio - Second Song Radiohead - Lotus Flower Feist - Graveyard Bon Iver - Holocene Feist - How Come You Never Go There Feist - The Circle Married The Line Feist - A Commotion TV On The Radio - Caffeinated Consciousness
Who did you vote for?
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Even the justification of private property and competitive markets presupposes...
– Elizabeth Anderson, “Social Democracy and Freedom”
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Quick link: Sprouts of Democracy in Chinese... →
A fascinating essay looking at democratic tendencies within Chinese history and tradition. The discussion about practical liberties as opposed to political liberties are particularly relevant in China today.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Crowded House (9)
Manu Chao (6)
Decoder Ring (4)
Arcade Fire (3)
Aṣa (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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It is very easy to sit down and think that mobile phones or Twitter have...
– Joshua Cohen
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Human rights can never be at the mercy of individual opinion or individual...
– Senator John Faulkner
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For true social democrats, efficiency may be an important criterion for judging...
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.211
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As leftist parties reorientated themselves toward gaining political support and...
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.188
November 2011
23 posts
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Social democracy, at least as originally envisioned, was based on the view that...
– Sheri Berman, The Primacy of Politics: Social Democracy and the Making of Europe’s 20th Century, p.217