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• Franz Hessel

  

  One of the interesting characters from early 20th-Century Schwabing was Franz Hessel, a flaneur and friend of Walter Benjamin's whom Anke Gleber has... Read more

  The 10 October 2011 by   Praymont
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• Jurisprudence: Defining the Nature of Law

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto There are four general philosophical theories of jurisprudence, what defines the nature of law. The theory of natural law... Read more

  The 28 September 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Capital Punishment in America is Arbitrary and Racist

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto Capital punishment is prominent in the news right now. Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is running for the Republican nomination... Read more

  The 21 September 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Moral Absolutes and Moral Alternatives

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto For thousands of years philosophers and laypeople alike have attempted to define the uniquely human condition of morality.... Read more

  The 16 September 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• The Fate of Global Jihad a Decade After September 11th

  

  Photo courtesy of iStockphoto. Photo credit: Lowell Gordon Photography This Sunday it will have been ten years since Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network... Read more

  The 10 September 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• 10 Great Philosophers Who Were Mentally Disturbed

  

  image credit Those who ask the difficult questions, like Why are we here? From where do we derive morals? and What does it all really mean, when you get right... Read more

  The 26 August 2011 by   Gerard
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• Links Mostly About German Novels

  

  T. T. Heine's poster for a Munich cabaret (depicting Marya Delvard)The Tablet launches a series of monthly podcasts called 'Long Story Short' with an interview... Read more

  The 10 August 2011 by   Praymont
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• New Philosophy Links and Unrelated Videos

  

  Erich MühsamErich MühsamDavid Auerbach on Hans Blumenberg: 'It is rare for [Hans Blumenberg] to “take sides” explicitly because he is often preoccupied with... Read more

  The 29 July 2011 by   Praymont
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• James Madison and the Problem of Factions

  

  Factions are groups of citizens who unite under a common interest or goal, and James Madison argues in Federalist #10 that the formation of factions is the... Read more

  The 14 July 2011 by   Realizingresonance
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• Ur-hippies from Germany to California

  

  Gusto GräserIn a previous post I applied the term 'hippie central' to Schwabing (a neighborhood in Munich). I meant 'hippie' to refer generally to Bohemian... Read more

  The 13 July 2011 by   Praymont
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