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Political Theory, Society, Sociology
Liberals need to Engage in the Nationalism of the Vulnerable
Yael Tamir 3 December 2019

The reemergence of nationalism is a sensible response to the changing social, political and economic circumstances rather than an uncontrolled outburst of destructive human qualities. The less well-off revoke national feelings in order to convince the elites to come back home from their global voyage and put their nation first. How can we progressive liberals combine national and liberal ideas able to give answers to those vulnerable left behind by globalization?
Political Theory, Society, Sociology
The Rise of Populism Comes from the Failure and Success of Liberalism
Patrick Deneen 18 November 2019

For all its benefits, why is liberalism failing, and making so many people unhappy, asks Patrick Deneen? Liberalism failed because it has succeeded. Its liberation of the individual coincides with a sense of political and economic powerlessness for ordinary citizens.
Political Theory, Society, Sociology
Compensating the Losers from Globalization
Jon Elster 11 November 2019

Globalization has generated a real and a felt threat of poverty, insecurity and inequality. But there are both winners and losers.
Society
Ruins, Memories, Mass tourism: All That Remains of the Wall
Lorenzo Monfregola 4 November 2019

Lorenzo Monfregola provides us with a detailed reportage on the stories that lie behind the most significant locations of the Berlin Wall. With the upcoming 30th anniversary of its fall, the Wall keeps talking about itself in the words of the locals and the chats of tourists full of curiosity and enthusiasm.
International Affairs
Who Can Beat Vladimir Putin?
Giovanna De Maio 13 October 2019

As the fall season starts to kick in in Russia, the streets of Moscow and other major cities are still heated up by activists and demonstrators that over the past couple of months have been contesting the power of President Vladimir Putin.
International Affairs, Political Theory
A Heartfelt Call to Save Tunisia’s Democracy
Yadh Ben Achour 11 October 2019

In advance of the crucial second round of Presidential elections, the former president of Tunisia’s Higher Political Reform Commission Yadh Ben Achour delivered a fervent appeal to save democracy, in Tunisia and elsewhere from its own malaise: by adjusting its structural weaknesses and distortions and, most importantly, by eradicating the scourge of poverty and popular frustration. Here’s the full trasncript of his keynote speech pronounced last September 20th at the ResetDOC / CAREP international conference in Tunis.
Political Theory
Have we Overcome the Peak of the Cycle of Populism and Economic Turmoil?
Soli Özel 23 September 2019

The West lost its legitimacy to say that only it can manage the world economy and the disruptive impact of the new technologies has been eating away citizenship reflexes and democratic engagement.
International Affairs
Moldova: A Divided Nation
Andrea Walton 9 September 2019

On the edge of the most prosperous part of Europe, the Republic of Moldova is nonetheless one of the poorest countries of the Old Continent. Crushed between Romania and Ukraine, the country is experiencing a severe and ongoing political, economic and social crisis.
Political Theory
Identity Politics. A Particular Problem of the Liberal Left
Maurizio Ferrera 17 June 2019

Identity politics emphasizes difference: that is not a good way of keeping and promoting social and political cohesion. I agree with Mark Lilla, says Maurizio Ferrera commenting on his book ” The Once and Future Liberal. The question is how to revive equal and free citizenship and update the new challenges and new configurations of risks, needs and opportunities in the 21st century.
Philosophy
In Philosophy Pluralism Rhymes with Public Reason
Alessandro Ferrara 27 May 2019

In Plato’s metaphor of the cave, a philosopher leaves the cave and brings back news from the world outside. A single fugitive can bring one truth, but several fugitive-philosophers would bring back diverse accounts. None of them can be proven the one unquestionably true account of what is outside the cave. That authority in the cave rules legitimately when confined to the area of overlapping of these accounts: that is what John Rawls calls public “reason”. This way of justifying a pluralistic stance, avoids the trap of turning the defense of pluralism into a non-plural truth and understands it as “most reasonable for us”.