Speedrunning this

Early start today to get to Princeton to speak at this event honouring someone who deserves much honour.

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Jürgen Habermas Shaped the Postwar Order — His Death Must Not Mark Its End The greatest democratic theorist of the postwar era leaves behind a world dismantling everything he defended.

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Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026) : le dernier philosophe de la modernité Le philosophe allemand le plus traduit au monde vient de s'éteindre à Starnberg, en Bavière. Nous publions aujourd'hui la version inédite de l'un de ses derniers grands entretiens — une défense sans ...

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Damn.

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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The Epstein Files and Elite Moral Collapse When America's ruling class operates without shame, the consequences extend far beyond individual crimes.

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The Way Out by Rebecca Buxton, Samuel Ritholtz - Hardcover Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

It's officially publication day for our book, The Way Out. Sam and I have worked on this since we first put our heads together in 2019, and it's fair to say that the context shifted under our feet as we were writing and thinking.

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Migration and Asylum in Scotland: A Philosophical Perspective The Department of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen invites submissions for its upcoming workshop, “Migration and Asylum in Scotland: A Philosophical Perspective”. This one-day work...

📣 CFA - please share! Seeking one more speaker to join this upcoming workshop on Migration & Asylum in Scotland on 29th April. Funding available for reasonable travel costs & one night's hotel in Aberdeen. Early-career scholars are particularly encouraged to apply.

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Frank Gehry: Legendary US architect dies aged 96 Frank Gehry was acclaimed for his love of jagged angles and use of industrial materials.

Legendary architect Frank Gehry dies aged 96
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Sudan war: Survivors of el-Fasher siege tell the BBC about RSF brutality Harrowing accounts from people who have escaped an RSF assault on the besieged city of el-Fasher.

Don't forget Sudan!
'We saw people murdered in front of us' - Sudan siege survivors speak to the BBC
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Trump sets refugee admissions cap for coming year at record low The president sets the limit at 7,500 for the coming year, a dramatic cut from 125,000.

Appalling but unsurprising . The white supremacy not even mildly disguised.- Trump caps refugee admissions at record low - with most to be white South Africans
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What's the issue with small boats arriving in the UK? Philosophical arguments Every other day, a few small boats carrying asylum seekers arrive at the shores of the UK.

Nice piece by Felix Bender
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2026 Rainer Bauböck Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship - Globalcit A prize for the best essay on citizenship in a global perspective. Read More ...

If you have smart PhD students working on membership issues, consider alerting them to this
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Very happy to be included in this excellent collection
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‘I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity.’
Nadezhda Mandelstam

It will be interesting to see what stance, if any, the UK govt takes to the 80+ British citizens who have voluntarily served in the IDF over the past two years.

Nice piece and very plausible view although I take a slightly different view on the analytic/continental divide.

I don't think it is Nietzsche. It would probably be in Human, All Too Human or Daybreak if it was, and I can't find it in a quick search of those.

No but will check

Voltaire?

Right time-frame?