Reading for Battle
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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Politics & Ideology
The dangerous allure of victim politics
In our eagerness to tackle inequality, we run the risk of fetishing its victims
Jamie Bartlett, Little Atoms, 21 August 2015
In our eagerness to tackle inequality, we run the risk of fetishing its victims
Jamie Bartlett, Little Atoms, 21 August 2015
If young people don’t vote; Why should politicians represent them?
Young people have been engaged with politics all along, they have just been waiting for a politician to engage with them and Jeremy Corbyn is seen by many of them to be this person.
Peter Hall, The Orator, 17 August 2015
Young people have been engaged with politics all along, they have just been waiting for a politician to engage with them and Jeremy Corbyn is seen by many of them to be this person.
Peter Hall, The Orator, 17 August 2015
Mood in India changes as Narendra Modi’s shine fades
Prime minister’s second independence day speech was a defensive assessment of his record so far
Victor Mallet, Financial Times, 16 August 2015
Prime minister’s second independence day speech was a defensive assessment of his record so far
Victor Mallet, Financial Times, 16 August 2015
The end of liberalism?
One might think that a return to earlier liberal thinking in this day and age is merely an intellectual indulgence, but that is partly because we are often poor readers of our precursors.
Mark Philp, OUP Blog, 25 July 2015
One might think that a return to earlier liberal thinking in this day and age is merely an intellectual indulgence, but that is partly because we are often poor readers of our precursors.
Mark Philp, OUP Blog, 25 July 2015
This is a deal that heaps more misery on Greeks
The price of averting Greece’s exit from the euro, and even the European Union, is further painful austerity – surely a recipe for social turmoil
Vicky Pryce, Guardian, 23 July 2015
The price of averting Greece’s exit from the euro, and even the European Union, is further painful austerity – surely a recipe for social turmoil
Vicky Pryce, Guardian, 23 July 2015
The history wars in Ireland still rage on
As the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising approaches, will poking around in the embers of Irish history rekindle old flames?
David Reynolds, New Statesman, 23 July 2015
As the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising approaches, will poking around in the embers of Irish history rekindle old flames?
David Reynolds, New Statesman, 23 July 2015
Ten year after 7/7, they still don’t get it
The problem isn’t powerful jihadism – it’s the crisis of Western values.
Frank Furedi, spiked, July 2015
The problem isn’t powerful jihadism – it’s the crisis of Western values.
Frank Furedi, spiked, July 2015
Yes or No, Greeks lose
Rubber-stamping the end of the European social model.
Menelaos Tzafalias, Al Jazeera, 5 July 2015
Rubber-stamping the end of the European social model.
Menelaos Tzafalias, Al Jazeera, 5 July 2015
Remember violence. Don’t glorify it
We must seize the centenary of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme as a chance to transform conflict on the island of Ireland
William Devas, Irish Times, 27 June 2015
We must seize the centenary of the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme as a chance to transform conflict on the island of Ireland
William Devas, Irish Times, 27 June 2015
Pax Romana: civilising the barbarians or evil empire?
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