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Claustropolis: 1984
“Claustropolis: 1984” is excerpted from a forthcoming novel. In Bhopal, I could lie low. In Bhopal, there would be instructions for me. Because I had been told not to take the express, I traveled on a local, in an unreserved bogie. The whiskey was Director’s Special, a parting gift from Gupta’s people. I didn’t even…
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Their Friendship and the Bitter Feud That Ended It The Living Philosophy Nov 04, 2021 In the wake of the Second World War, it was not only the urban landscape of Europe that was in ruins but the intellectual landscape. In this intellectual crater, several great thinkers debated the blueprint for the future — ‘We were,’ as philosopher Simone…
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Tips from an American philosopher The Culturist Apr 09, 2025 4,324 164782 Share Most people treat books like delicate objects. They keep them clean, pristine, and absolutely unmarked. A creased spine feels like a wound. A note in the margin? Unthinkable. But in 1940, a man named Mortimer Adler said this attitude was nonsense. His…
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Party communism a political movement that captured the imagination, shaped societies but also repressed, persecuted, jailed, and murdered. Michael Brie. Information Series Online Publication Author Michael Brie Published March 2015 Ordering advice Only available online Never in history has a political movement so quickly captured the imagination of so many people and shaped so many…
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