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jadis · 10-15-2023, 06:12 PM

Topical

jadis · 11-10-2023, 01:31 AM

One of the best things written about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Three catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?

jadis · 11-15-2023, 10:14 AM

Marie, this could be of interest to you (except you guys tend to be much smarter than us in the humanities so maybe this hasn't touched you at all)

The Professors and the Pogrom

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For the mask did not just slip. It was ripped off joyfully, ecstatically even, as if at the end of a masquerade. And what stood revealed was how far the decomposition of a significant part of what passes itself off as the international left has gone.

**Marie Monday** · 11-15-2023, 03:13 PM

eh plenty of physics and maths professors are startlingly mediocre people outside their direct field of work. I haven't discussed this with any of them and am not interested in their opinion, except for my supervisor who is fortunately a thoughtfully intelligent, nuanced, and civilised person. Also, we argue about transgenderism but I fully share your concern and disgust about this stuff

JoeyVimsanteThePoet · 11-20-2023, 11:19 AM

I read a Roddy Doyle short story a week ago. I liked the book.
Also on other authors;
1984 is my fave book.

jadis · 11-29-2023, 04:43 AM

A genuinely instructive book about resisting an oppressive system. His courage and intellect are inspiring

jadis · 12-02-2023, 07:13 AM

A fine book on the gradual expulsion of Jews from the Arab-Muslim world

Nefilim · 03-25-2024, 07:51 AM

jadis · 09-23-2024, 09:22 AM

From one of my favorite 20th century historians, a masterful study of European racial mythologies. Written in the early 1970s but holds up.

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10-15-2023, 06:12 PM	#7621 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,283	Topical

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jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,283	One of the best things written about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict Three catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?

11-20-2023, 11:19 AM	#7625 (permalink)
JoeyVimsanteThePoet Groupie Join Date: Nov 2023 Posts: 13	I read a Roddy Doyle short story a week ago. I liked the book. Also on other authors; 1984 is my fave book.

11-29-2023, 04:43 AM	#7626 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,283	A genuinely instructive book about resisting an oppressive system. His courage and intellect are inspiring

12-02-2023, 07:13 AM	#7627 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,283	A fine book on the gradual expulsion of Jews from the Arab-Muslim world

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09-23-2024, 09:22 AM	#7629 (permalink)
jadis Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2021 Location: dont ask Posts: 1,283	From one of my favorite 20th century historians, a masterful study of European racial mythologies. Written in the early 1970s but holds up.