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  • Classical Scholars against the Identitarian Right

    Classical Scholars against the Identitarian Right

    In the mid-point to the last quarter of 2018, many articles were written across platforms and the internet on how the Alt-Right and Conservatives were misappropriating “the Greek and Latin Classics” to lend credibility to vicious and vindictive white supremacist and Identitarian ideology. I have compiled several to introduce to us a problem. Classics and…

  • A Critical Look at Hayward’s Review of the Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood

    A Critical Look at Hayward’s Review of the Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood

    Late to the party Wood’s body of work will remain preeminent for some time in the historiography of the American Founding. But it begs to be superseded by an equally large-scale treatment that does not shy away from treating the founders as thinkers and statesmen, rather than as 18th-century ideologues.” “Unlike today’s liberals who quote…

  • Constantin Von Hoffmeister “Secret America”: Defining America as a Race-Based Republic

    Constantin Von Hoffmeister “Secret America”: Defining America as a Race-Based Republic

    Was America meant to be a White Ethno-State? German Identitarian desires a race-based American vision and rationalizes Trump’s policies. The philosophy of REPUBLICANISM makes the idea and historical permanency of an American ‘White Ethno-State’ impossible, and a contradiction in terms, especially given our historical circumstances. What was the true vision of the United States? Who…

  • Liberals and Nationalism: Countering the Linguistic Coup on Western Values

    Liberals and Nationalism: Countering the Linguistic Coup on Western Values

    “What is there about ethno-nationalism now that rallies voters, but hasn’t done so before?” (Ivan Krastev, Central Europe is a Lesson to Liberals: Don’t Be Anti-Nationalist) Misunderstanding what is nationalism lies often in our confusion of terms and theoretical frame of reference. Nationalism, which was not seen as the end of the means, became increasingly…

  • Kumari Jayawardena: “The White Woman’s Other Burden.” Blavatsky and Emancipation in South Asia

    Kumari Jayawardena: “The White Woman’s Other Burden.” Blavatsky and Emancipation in South Asia

    From the outset, Kumari Jayawardena’s “The White Woman’s Other Burden” (1995) demonstrates, theosophy emphasized the absence of any distinction of race, creed, sex, caste or color in its theory and practice; and gender equality was therefore, one of its distinctive features. The 1995 work of Jayawardena details the roles and activities of foreign women in…

  • The Theosophical Movement: A ‘Hijacked Organization’ | Michael Tsarion

    The Theosophical Movement: A ‘Hijacked Organization’ | Michael Tsarion

    While I cannot endorse all of Michael Tsarion’s opinions, like secret ‘Illuminati’-Draconian bloodlines, this talk explains what happened to the Theosophical Movement. As of today, we actually have sufficient information to understand what led to the demise of the Theosophical Society.