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Charles W. Chesnutt and the Engendering of a Post-Reconstruction Multiracial Politics

Kirin Wachter-Grene — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:43:46 UT

Once a promising fiction writer and would-be spokesman for African-Americans, Charles W. Chesnutt promoted a form of multiracialism but is largely forgotten today. Kirin Wachter-Grene traces the development of Chesnutt's ideas about the amalgamation of races and their afterlife in the 21st century.

Tags: Charles W. Chesnutt, Kirin Wachter-Grene, multiracialism

Land for Peace: Lessons from Israel’s Withdrawal from Sinai, Egypt

Sara Reef — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:02:53 UT

Many today are frustrated by the lack of forward momentum in creating a functioning state for Palestinians. A successful peace treaty signed 30 years ago may hold lessons for diplomats and politicians.

Tags: Anwar Sadat, Egypt, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, Peace, Sara Reef

Philosophy and Death: Philosophy as Divertissement (Continuing to learn from the Phaedo and Pascal)

William Warner — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:02:07 UT

If we cannot attain the knowledge we seek and do not much want the knowledge we have, what are we doing seeking it? An exploration—via the Phaedo, Pascal's Pensées and other texts—of philosophy as a response to mortality.

Tags: Craib, death, Hartle, Pascal, Phaedo, philosophy, Plato, william warner

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