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(Research Report) Ethnoclass in Eastern Europe. |
Religion
and Modern Politics P.1: Bakunin's Christianity
Religion
and Modern Politics P.2: From 'New Right' to Habermas Today
Europe
Recently a new book came out titled: "Europe - an idea takes shape." Here our Critical Investigation: (Research Report) Conflict and Ethnicity:
(Research Report) Ethnoclass in Eastern Europe.Religion and Modern Politics P.1: Bakunin's Christianity
Religion and Modern Politics P.2: From 'New Right' to Habermas Today
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have forgotten this, but Europe had its fair share of ‘revolutions’ and
‘political religions’ “Kulturkampf,” it was called at the end of the 19th
century, almost identical to what by the end, of the 20th Century was called
clash of “Civilizations.” In Germany ‘Kultur’ was understood to be
Protestantism, an identification partly made to reinvigorate Protestantism
among a bourgeoisie that no longer attended church. As for ‘Kultur’ in
Belgium, in 1936 a liberal historian wrote that liberal “Brussels had no
intention of being trodden underfoot by thousands of clogs”, this being
a reference to the clog-shod Catholic -Flemish (similar to Dutch, who when
employed were not allowed to speak their native language) farmers, who
flooded into the capital city to protest against (French language) liberal
policies. (Quoted in Winfried Becker, 'Liberale Kulturkampf-Positionen
and politischer Katholizismus,1983.) If one is looking for the intellectual
progenitor for "the cult of the personality”, look no further than Campanella.
But, hyper-nationalism, was not principally a phenomenon of the far Right,
it was enthusiastically embraced by many on the Left throughout much of
the 19th century. P.1:
The New World of 'Sociology'.
Social Democrats, A Political Religion Updated: P.4: The 1914 Clash of Civilisations
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Recently
a summit of EU leaders debated about the benefits and flip-sides
of the current 'European versions'of 'globalization'.
By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens,
ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have
strong incentives to overthrow it. These processes depend on the strength
of civil society, the structure of political institutions plus the structure
of the economy. What also had an influence is where Britain had an
economy-based empire and its goal was not to dominate the world, realizing
that they were a middle-weight country. The U.S., was not created through
economic dominance but crafted through political means, meaning the political
forces that are by some seen like empire building today, may not last.
In a protectionist Europe in the meantime, where large companies faced
little international competition and offered jobs for life the past fifty
years, a blend of capitalist enterprise and social concern with high taxes,
seemed a reasonable way. In fact despite hefty government spending on social
benefits, Finland tops global economies today. Finland however is also
well equipped to meet the challenges of an aging population, something
that is not the case of Belgium for example.
P.1 Globalization
and Economics: A Search for the Holy Grail?:
On a just released (WWIII)Warsaw-pact map, western Europe lay beneath a chilling overlay of large red mushroom clouds: Soviet bombs rain down on cities from northern Denmark down to Brussels, the political headquarters of Nato. Large red clouds blot out cities such as Hamburg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Munich and Baden Baden, Haarlem, Antwerp and Charleroi, above the Franco-Belgian border. On the map, smaller blue mushroom clouds showed expected Nato targets - most of them relatively precise attacks - including strikes on Warsaw and Prague. Cold War and Modern Historiography. |
Towards a New Sociology of Religious Nationalism P.1.
Towards a New Sociology of Religious Nationalism P.2.
Part 3-a:Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus ,Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Overview.
Part 3-b:Iceland, ltaly, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine.
William James, author of the classic
book The Varieties of Religious Experience, found that that they were far
more common than most atheists, and even most believers , had imagined.
From today’s scientific point of view however religious experiences on
the other hand are generated inside the brain, and that they are illusory.
Not intend on being a definite account yet, let us start with an overview
from a rational point of view.
The
Politically Incorrect Guide to Religion P.1
The Future of Democracies Around the World
