December 7th, 2010

Spiritual Gains

Charles Taylor (Philosopher)

by: Thomas Meaney and Yascha Mounk


Religion, politics, and ignorance past: philosopher Charles Taylor in discussion with The Utopian.

 

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December 7th, 2010

Religion for Immortals

By Michel Houellebecq.

(Translated by Thomas Meaney.)

“Sexual needs are more urgent than spiritual needs. But what if our sexual needs are satisfied and our spiritual needs take over?”

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December 7th, 2010

A Holiday in North Korea

North KoreaBy Michael Goldstein.

“You have not seen many shades of grey until you have seen Pyongyang.”

Our correspondent reports from the Hermit Kingdom.

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December 7th, 2010

The Impossibility of Sexual Consensus

By Damon Linker.


“The liberal state is not predisposed to defend and enforce sexual liberation.”

 

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December 7th, 2010

A Short History of Desire

By Alexander Lee.


“Is it better to be chaste and restrained but moral and sociable, or promiscuous and free but atomised and isolated?”

 

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December 7th, 2010

Those Wings of Yours

By David Hayes.


A new translation of Theognis 236-54.

 

 

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December 7th, 2010

White Flower

White Flower

By Sam Munson.

 

A new translation of Heinrich Heine’s poem “Die weiße Blume.”

 

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