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.1941) is an art historian, writer, and artist. He has been director of the Palace of Rundāle in Latvia since 1971.
Epistolary style and conversation in France
The letters of Madame Sevigny epitomized the seventeenth-century "salon" style, deplored by Stendhal as affected and pretentious, and inaugurated a literary genre. [more]
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