Tag Archives: Politics

Gustave Le Bon: secular reactionary

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on May 17, 2011

Gustave Le Bon (1841- 1931) is among the most undeservedly neglected modern social writers. It is not hard to see why this is the case. Gustave Le Bon was not a religious man but he was skeptical of top-down social … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Politics | Tagged Albert Camus, Conservatism, Counter-Modernism, Democracy, Education, Gustave le Bon, Human Nature, Politics, Reactionary, Regulation, Secular Right, The Crowd | Comments Off

NO

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on April 11, 2011

Experimental artist and writer Boyd Rice is often identified as a social darwinist or fascist. His recent collection, NO, with short entries on various subjects resists such simplistic feel-good accusations. If there is one common thread in this collection, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Living | Tagged Apolitical, Boyd Rice, Fascism, Jim Goad, Nazism, No, Non, Police State, Politics, Rights | Comments Off

Common political fallacies

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on December 18, 2010

In Cato Journal, Volume 28, No. 1 (Winter 2008), the independent scholar Anthony de Jasay reviews four common fallacies (as presented in the works of John Stuart Mill, Ronald Dworkin, John Rawls, and Armen Alchian) that many social scientists and … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Society | Tagged Anthony de Jasay, Armen Alchian, John Rawls, John Stuart Mill, Liberalism, Politics, Ronald Dworkin | Comments Off

The politics of travel guides

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on November 23, 2010

In a politicized society one should not be surprised to find politics in the most undesirable places. One would not expect political bias in travel guides. After all, most travel guides are published to sell as many copies as possible … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts & Living, Politics | Tagged Cosmopolitanism, Ethno-masochism, Politics, Protest Generation, Travel Guides | Comments Off

Is politics neutral?

by Aschwin de Wolf Posted on November 1, 2010

One assumption that has greatly contributed to the growth of government is the belief that the practice of politics as such is ideologically neutral. Nothing could be further from the truth. At the most abstract level politics concerns the making … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Voting | Tagged Depoliticization, Politics, Randall Holcombe, Strict Liberalism, Voting | Comments Off

Tag Archives: Politics

Gustave Le Bon: secular reactionary

NO

Common political fallacies

The politics of travel guides

Is politics neutral?

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