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Thread of articles which influenced me/made me think, still go back to reread some of these from time to time
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: The Case of Japan (Richard L. Rubenstein)
http://www.amerika.org/politics/religion-and-the-case-of-capitalism-richard-l-rubenstein/
I think written sometime in 80's as late Nakasone is referenced
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism: The Case of Japan (Richard L. Rubenstein)
http://www.amerika.org/politics/religion-and-the-case-of-capitalism-richard-l-rubenstein/
I think written sometime in 80's as late Nakasone is referenced
How the World Works
JAMES FALLOWS
DECEMBER 1993
Trade is not just a game. Over the long sweep of history some nations lose independence and control of their destiny if they fall behind in trade. Therefore nations must think about it strategically
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/12/how-the-world-works/305854/
JAMES FALLOWS
DECEMBER 1993
Trade is not just a game. Over the long sweep of history some nations lose independence and control of their destiny if they fall behind in trade. Therefore nations must think about it strategically
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/12/how-the-world-works/305854/
Ibsen and His Discontents
Theodore Dalrymple
Summer 2005
The modernity of Ibsen’s thought hardly needs further emphasis. The elevation of emotion over principle, of inclination over duty, of rights over responsibilities, of ego over the claims of others
https://www.city-journal.org/html/ibsen-and-his-discontents-12881.html
Theodore Dalrymple
Summer 2005
The modernity of Ibsen’s thought hardly needs further emphasis. The elevation of emotion over principle, of inclination over duty, of rights over responsibilities, of ego over the claims of others
https://www.city-journal.org/html/ibsen-and-his-discontents-12881.html
The Making of the English Underclass
POSTED ON MARCH 7, 2015
By Benjamin Schwarz
https://benjaminschwarz.org/2015/03/07/the-making-of-the-english-underclass/
POSTED ON MARCH 7, 2015
By Benjamin Schwarz
https://benjaminschwarz.org/2015/03/07/the-making-of-the-english-underclass/
Saturday, November 29, 2014
National transport infrastructure: the importance of a national train system
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/11/national-transport-infrastructure.html
This is how I found urbanism, kchoze & this article
https://twitter.com/Rjrasva/status/945075994498445312
National transport infrastructure: the importance of a national train system
http://urbankchoze.blogspot.com/2014/11/national-transport-infrastructure.html
This is how I found urbanism, kchoze & this article
https://twitter.com/Rjrasva/status/945075994498445312
Margaret Thatcher's Unintended Legacies
She wanted a conservative, middle-class England. She delivered anything but.
By JOHN GRAY
August 23, 2013
A society based on lifelong marriages and careers cannot co-exist with an economy driven by unfettered choice
https://newrepublic.com/article/114223/margaret-thatcher-reviewed-john-gray
She wanted a conservative, middle-class England. She delivered anything but.
By JOHN GRAY
August 23, 2013
A society based on lifelong marriages and careers cannot co-exist with an economy driven by unfettered choice
https://newrepublic.com/article/114223/margaret-thatcher-reviewed-john-gray
Book Review: Chris Arnade’s “Dignity”
By Jason Segedy
January 6, 2020
Chris Arnade firmly rejects what I call “The U-Haul School of Public Policy”. His writing about place is honest, realistic, and often profound:
https://thestile1972.tumblr.com/post/190112850475/book-review-chris-arnades-dignity
By Jason Segedy
January 6, 2020
Chris Arnade firmly rejects what I call “The U-Haul School of Public Policy”. His writing about place is honest, realistic, and often profound:
https://thestile1972.tumblr.com/post/190112850475/book-review-chris-arnades-dignity
ISLAM ON THE MOVE
by Thomas Molnar
Fall 1985
https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/islam-on-the-move/
by Thomas Molnar
Fall 1985
https://isi.org/intercollegiate-review/islam-on-the-move/
The Coming Anarchy
ROBERT D. KAPLAN
FEBRUARY 1994
in the next twenty years, at current growth rates, the population of many Arab countries will double. These states, like most African ones, will be ungovernable through conventional secular ideologies
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/02/the-coming-anarchy/304670/
ROBERT D. KAPLAN
FEBRUARY 1994
in the next twenty years, at current growth rates, the population of many Arab countries will double. These states, like most African ones, will be ungovernable through conventional secular ideologies
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/02/the-coming-anarchy/304670/
China and the Western World
set in traditional ways, Lafcadio Hearn—a Japan-based journalist known for his writings on East Asian culture—predicts that China will one day pose a formidable economic threat to the West.
LAFCADIO HEARN
APRIL 1896 ISSUE
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1896/04/china-and-the-western-world/306398/
set in traditional ways, Lafcadio Hearn—a Japan-based journalist known for his writings on East Asian culture—predicts that China will one day pose a formidable economic threat to the West.
LAFCADIO HEARN
APRIL 1896 ISSUE
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1896/04/china-and-the-western-world/306398/
Alt link to get around paywall
http://archive.vn/C5W3o https://twitter.com/Rjrasva/status/1274920681659158529
http://archive.vn/C5W3o https://twitter.com/Rjrasva/status/1274920681659158529
Why You Hate Contemporary Architecture
And if you don’t, why you should…
Brianna Rennix
Nathan J. Robinson
There was a good reason why, historically, religious architecture has been the most concerned with beauty for beauty’s sake
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture
And if you don’t, why you should…
Brianna Rennix
Nathan J. Robinson
There was a good reason why, historically, religious architecture has been the most concerned with beauty for beauty’s sake
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/10/why-you-hate-contemporary-architecture
The social ideology of the motorcar
This 1973 essay on how cars have taken over our cities remains as relevant as ever
by André Gorz
https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/
This 1973 essay on how cars have taken over our cities remains as relevant as ever
by André Gorz
https://unevenearth.org/2018/08/the-social-ideology-of-the-motorcar/
