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
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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
Ethnic Leadership and Ethic of Guardianship
There is a curious choreography in the public life of Aotearoa New Zealand. Political leaders are not often seen in social media feeds with photographs from ordinary Sunday church congregations. Such images may suggest denominational favour, religious alignment, or proximity to organised Christian conservatism. Yet the same leaders appear quite comfortably at mosques, mandirs, gurdwaras, … Continue reading Ethnic Leadership and Ethic of Guardianship
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