ፍትህ ለሁሉም / Justice for All
November 1947: the United Nations votes the partition plan for Palestine. For some, a dream becomes reality. For others, it’s the start of a catastrophe. 70 years after this historic vote: the land of Palestine remains an open wound –a battleground for two peoples torn apart by their shared history, a source of inextricable tension …
The talk is chaired by Dr Carolina Alves Associate Professor in Economics at University College London (UCL) IIPP, in conversation with Dr Farwa Sial, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer – Development Finance, EURODAD, Dr Lucia Pradella, Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy, King’s College London and Prof. Julio D. Dávila, UCL Professor of Urban Policy …
The most confused philosopher, just like Alexander Dugin himself. Dugin is a Russian “philosopher” who developed the fourth political theory. Watch the Video
Metamodernism might be the most important idea you come this year. According to Hanzi Freinacht, the pioneer of political metamodernism, metamodernism is a new cultural phase that transcends and includes (to use Ken Wilber’s Integral Philosophy language) the previous phase of Postmodernism (which is turn transcended and included the previous phase of Modernity). Hanzi Freinacht …
In this video we will be talking about how to have a fulfilling life from the philosophy of Plato. His philosophy is often referenced as Platonic idealism. For Plato, one of the main purposes of learning philosophy is to enable one to live a fulfilled life. The state of fulfilment or well being was named …
Are states rational? Much of international relations theory assumes that they are. But many scholars believe that political leaders rarely act rationally. John J. Mearsheimer will argue that rational decisions in international politics rest on credible theories about how the world works and emerge from deliberative decisionmaking processes. Using these criteria, he will describe how …
Patric Loch Otieno (PLO) Lumumba is the director of the Kenyan School of Law, not a politician, though he is an activist. In this video, he is trying to show the impact of colonization on Africa. He may be correct about the impact, but his use of tribalism lacks an understanding of tribal society. Watch …
Conversation with Peter Turchin. Watch the Video
Utopia is a rare and powerful insight into a secret Australia, and breaks what amounts to a national silence about the indigegous first people – the oldest, most enduring presence on Earth. Utopia reveals that apartheid is deep within Australia’s past and present and that Aboriginal people are still living in abject poverty and Third …
Settler colonialism refers to an empires’ citizens moving to and settling in colonized regions. This occurred following the second industrial revolution which changed economic conditions in Europe leading to mass movement of citizens to colonized areas for settlement displacing indigenous people who were either killed or pushed to marginal lands. Watch the Video