Popular protest is set to dominate the agenda
While the resistance in Tibet has drawn the most attention, two other groups are making life uncomfortable for the Chinese government: dispossessed landowners and environmentalists. Popular protest is set to dominate the agenda beyond the Olympic Games, writes He Qinglian. [ more ]
"Cogito" talks to Will Kymlicka about multiculturalism and democracy; "New Humanist" questions the importance of cultural identity; "Fronesis" says free movement is limited; "Le monde diplomatique" (Berlin) charts the rocky road to a unified Cyprus; "Blätter" raises questions over Brzezinski's role as Obama advisor; "Res Publica Nowa" debates the new republicanism; "Esprit" sits down with a Manga comic; "Merkur" recalls how the cult of belles-lettres met its end in '68; "Le Monde diplomatique" (Oslo) watches free speech on the silver screen; and "Gegenworte" asks whether there can be such a thing as popular science.
(b.1967) teaches political theory at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin. Publications include Moralkommunikation der Macht (2006).
Semantics and strategy in the clash of cultural critique
The accusation of decadence is an old one, but now, for the first time, we must not deny it with disgust but can instead recognize it as a rhetorical strategy. [more]
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