Albert Camus once described a nationalist as someone who loves their country too much. I recently wrote a small reflection on … More
Tag: Catalonia
Is it happening again?
‘It is happening again,’ says the giant to FBI Special agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch’s mystery series Twin Peaks. This … More
A note on identity politics
I concur with the point that, sometimes, the treatment of certain groups can be so cruel and unfair that you … More
What is happening in Catalonia?
The Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has won many literary prices, including the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2015, and the Premio … More
Against separatism
Fernando Savater’s Contra el separatismo is like a breathe of fresh air in a Catalonia marked by years of frustration, … More
Are we thinking?
I’ve been unfairly slow in writing my review of Elizabeth Minnich’s book, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and … More
Catalonia: For the love of thinking
“And don’t say anything. Think of your children,” a woman close to me said. The woman was not the first … More
Compassion in Catalonia
Since 2008, I’ve lived in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. My wife is from Barcelona. She’s both Catalan and Spanish, and … More
One World Now
In One World Now: The Ethics of Globalization, Peter Singer, an Australian moral philosopher, discusses humanity’s shared ethical responsibility and … More
The Boy in the Classroom
It begins with a boy who was not born a nationalist and ends with a nationalist who was never a … More
