Political science

John Gray’s 1995 Enlightenment’s Wake: Politics and culture at the close of the modern age is a benchmark exposition of the contemporary socio-political human condition. It is yet to be surpassed. More than any other single piece of work, its confrontations with the prevailing assumptions … [Read more...] about The nine nights of the enlightenment

There is an achingly fragile nuance at the heart of the American Republic. The U.S. Constitution has been described as a Machine That Would Go of Itself – a complex of calibrated forces set against each other – crafted to mitigate against the seminal fears of tyranny and of fragmentation – with … [Read more...] about A Republic Imperiled

For years now I have become fascinated by the relationship between what politics of substance remain of the traditional working class and the political positioning of its champions. Living in Norway, the oil-rich social democracy and producing a documentary on related subjects has been an eye … [Read more...] about Trump Is All That Is Left