http://www.metafilter.com/36036/Political-Theory-Daily-Review/ Comments on MetaFilter post Political Theory Daily Review Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:54:17 -0800 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:54:17 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/36036/Political-Theory-Daily-Review <em>News Room [Oct. 4] From Germany, many Germans <a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1344803,00.html" title="On Oct.3, Germany marks 14 years since reunification. Although the physical barrier between east and west is a thing of the past, many Germans still speak about the "Mauer im kopf -- the wall in the head.>still speak about the "Mauer im Kopf</a>", the Wall in the head... Town Square [Oct. 4] From NPQ, excerpts from a panel of <a href="http://www.digitalnpq.org/global_services/global_ec_viewpoint/09-22-04.html" title="Nobel Laureates: From Obesity To China Worries">Nobel laureates in economics</a>... Ivory Tower [Oct. 4] From Dissent, Shalom Lappin (KCL): <a href="http://www.dissentmagazine.org/menutest/articles/su04/lappin.htm" title="Creating a new Jewish political discourse is a complex and difficult task. It is now urgent that this task be taken up in earnest. ">The Need for a New Jewish Politics</a>...</em> Such are the top three links in the extremely link laden and indispensable--think of it as the <em>Arts &amp; Letters Daily</em> of political theory and philosophy--<a href="http://politicaltheory.info/" title="The Political Theory Daily Review is a portal weblog on political theory and philosophy, and is updated every weekday. Our aim is to provide a central space on the Web where our visitors can save time in staying on top of the news. We link to articles and essays that can be read free of charge and that are relevant to the field of political theory, broadly conceived to cover a wide range of subjects, perspectives, and methodologies.">Political Theory Daily Review</a>, which came via the also indispensable <a href="http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/" title="Aardvarks are not indigenous to the Middle East, nor do they typically speak Arabic. Instead, they tend to spend much of their time eating termites and digging intricate tunnel systems which they then abandon to others, making the whole endeavor somewhat pointless. Still, it's a living. Abu Aardvark is the weblog of an aardvark who got out of the tunneling and termite game to become a professor of political science, a Middle East specialist, and the father of a beautiful baby aardvark cub. Abu Aardvark speaks more Arabic than the average aardvark, but sadly has no better manners. He tends to be a little more snarky than he should be, and has been described as 'objectively pro-statue' by those who are in the business of rendering such judgements. The picture that you see is a real, 100% authentic, picture of the baby aardvark and Abu Aardvark - proud daddy and daughter!">Abu Aardvark</a>. post:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.36036 Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:45:03 -0800 y2karl politicaltheory philosophy weblog portal http://www.metafilter.com/36036/Political-Theory-Daily-Review#744997 Yes, that is <i>extremely link laden</i>. But it looks good, and I'm so bookmarking this. Thanks, Karl. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.36036-744997 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 03:54:17 -0800 AwkwardPause http://www.metafilter.com/36036/Political-Theory-Daily-Review#745012 Politicaltheory.info truly is the best of the web. Great keeper link. Thank you Karl. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.36036-745012 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 05:01:09 -0800 nofundy http://www.metafilter.com/36036/Political-Theory-Daily-Review#745176 Imagine how much more deeply <em>die Ostens</em> mindset would have been entrenched if the two Germanies had remained divided long enough that there would have been no collective memory at all of the pre-Cold War years. (Although it's damned close to that anyway.) In 1985 I remember discussing this situation with a German grad student who was firmly convinced that Germany would never be reunited. Maybe they'll remain apart culturally to a certain extent, just as in some ways the South still hasn't entirely gotten over the Civil War and an incomplete Reconstruction. comment:www.metafilter.com,2004:site.36036-745176 Tue, 05 Oct 2004 09:58:04 -0800 alumshubby