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On the Personal and the Political. Or, How to Retain a Sense of ‘Humanity’ in...
Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon is currently in Cairo. In today’s post, she shares with us some of her experiences and reflections on the ongoing conflict between pro-democracy...
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On the Political and the Personal. Or, How to Retain a Sense of “Humanity” in...
picture from https://www.facebook.com/egypt.militarypictures Dr Vivienne Matthies-Boon is currently in Cairo. In this continuation of her previous post, she shares with us some of her experiences and...
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Islam and the Arab uprising
Jeffrey Haynes Guest contributor Prof Jeffrey Haynes from London Metropolitan University reflects on recent events in the Middle East and Northern Africa and their implications for how we understand...
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Authority and Religion in Myanmar
In today’s post, Arnout Couperus contributes to recent discussions on the democratisation of Myanmar. He argues that the role of Buddhism should not be underestimated in the analysis of the current...
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Living together well: secularism, liberal democracy and uncertainty in the...
Sign in front of the Capitole at the rally in support of the victims of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo shooting (“That’s the Freedom of speech that has been murdered”). Below, the issue published that very...
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What was worse, Charlie Hebdo or Boko Haram? Religion, violence and clicktivism.
The fallout from the Charlie Hebdo attacks around the tensions between “religion” and “freedom of speech” continue to feature prominently in public debate across Europe, particularly in the aftermath...
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Inviting our future: liberal de-culturalization and the Paris attacks – Part One
A street memorial in Paris following the November attacks. Source: Wikimedia. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. After a brief hiatus, today we continue...
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Inviting our future: liberal de-culturalization and the Paris attacks – Part two
A street memorial in Paris following the November attacks. Source: Wikimedia. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license. “Perhaps we should ask ourselves if...
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