Tag: culture
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When words collide – Why this is not the end of the Greek crisis
So, as most reasonable people hoped and expected, a compromise has emerged. Greece extends the bailout for four months, has a few days to suggest measures that will work to meet the broad targets therein, but the overall constraints on the primary surplus can, seemingly, be relaxed. So, a less austere bailout. Germany wins on…
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When did we let economics become the totality of society and culture?
The Irish economic crisis was as much a socio-political event as it was an economic crisis. Given that, it is surprising that we have had so little analysis from outside the realm of economics. Economists and economics took or were given a central role in transmitting what was a social phenomena. This book ( “From…
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culture crimes
So apparently the priceless manuscript heritage of the Sahel, preserved over the best part of a millenium in Timbuktu has been incinerated by the Malian rebels. This is both a tragedy for the region, another example of the wild intolerance of the Salifis towards , well, anything that reeks of “other”, and a crime against culture. While not torching…
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Ireland is not in Europe..
This is an expanded and updated version of an opinion piece published in the Irish Examiner on Saturday 4 August 2011. National Culture is a funny fuzzy concept. Anyone who has ever dealt across different societies knows that cultures and how things are reflected in them differ widely. It can be thought of in this…