I recently watched Aaron Bastani’s conversation with Pankaj Mishra on Downstream. They covered a great deal of ground, from the changing balance of global power to the decline of Western media and the persistence of colonial habits of thought. What stayed with me, though, was a quieter question underneath much of the conversation: what happens … Continue reading What Holds Us Together?
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Wellington Traffic Chaos
There is a particular mood to the road home on a Friday evening. The week has spent itself. People are thinking about dinner, children, groceries, a glass of something, perhaps nothing more ambitious than removing their shoes. The city is still moving, but its mind has already gone home. Then the traffic stops. At about … Continue reading Wellington Traffic Chaos
Never Been Woke
I have just finished Musa al-Gharbi’s We Have Never Been Woke. It is a useful book because it does not offer the usual lazy attack on “wokeness.” Its more serious argument is about class, status, language, and moral performance. It shows how some highly educated professional classes can speak the language of justice while still … Continue reading Never Been Woke
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