Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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The dimming of the light
With its revolutionary heat and rational cool, French thought once dazzled the world. Where did it all go wrong?
Sudhir Hazareesingh,
Aeon, 22 September 2015
Are Western Values Losing Their Sway?
Are Western values, essentially Judeo-Christian ones, truly universal? The history of the last decade is a bracing antidote to such easy thinking.
Steven Erlanger,
New York Times, 12 September 2015
Don’t make a moral melodrama out of the migrant crisis
There should be as few restrictions as possible on the movement of people across borders, but the current outburst of political compassion is not as healthy as some imagine.
Brendan O'Neill,
spiked, 7 September 2015
The Coddling of the American Mind
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health.
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt,
Atlantic, September 2015
Emmanuel Todd: the French thinker who won't toe the Charlie Hebdo line
After the horror of the Paris attacks, everyone agreed that the ensuing street rallies were the best of France. Then a leftwing historian called them a totalitarian sham – and his critique of ‘zombie Catholicism’ has outraged a nation
Angelique Chrisafis,
Guardian, 28 August 2015
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