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Philosopher Stephen Turner On Carl Schmitt’s Concept of the Political

Stephen Turner faculty page Stephen Turner Amazon Author Page Schmitt, Telos, the Collapse of the Weimar Constitution, and the Bad Conscience of the Left https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schmitt https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schmitt/ The Concept of the Political PDF Springtime for Schmitt Stephen Turner’s response: Carl Schmitt: … Continue reading

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NYT: Friendship’s Dark Side: ‘We Need a Common Enemy’

MP3 From the New York Times: Take the new evidence that people choose friends who resemble themselves, right down to the moment-to-moment pattern of blood flow in the brain. The tendency toward homophily, toward flocking together with birds of your … Continue reading

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The State Of Exception

In Judaism, life is almost always the highest value, just as self-preservation is usually the highest value of any nation state. No legal system, no constitution, is able to maintain itself in all contingencies. Sometimes a nation to survive must … Continue reading

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A Fascist Philosopher Helps Us Understand Contemporary Politics

Prof. Alan Wolfe writes in 2004 for the Chronicle of Higher Education: To understand what is distinctive about today’s Republican Party, you first need to know about an obscure and very conservative German political philosopher. His name, however, is not … Continue reading

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The Goyim In Jewish Jurisprudence

Torah law makes no provision for non-Jewish citizenship in the Jewish state. Generally speaking, a goy cannot serve as a valid witness in a Jewish law court. Texts written by gentiles are rarely cited in the Torah tradition. It is … Continue reading

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