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The Problem With the Global Left
After Labour’s 2019 defeat, an argument, drawing on Manu Joseph, that left parties keep losing because they care more about global causes than local ones.
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread for general discussion, asking readers to keep other posts on topic, with links to the podcast, Twitter, RSS feed and Patreon.
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Islam is not a race
Razib Khan argues that treating Islam as a racial identity, as some progressive and Greek-statue Twitter users do, is like confusing Africa with a country, drawing on his own family…
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Hindu nationalism amongst the nationalisms
Razib Khan sets out his framework for Hindu nationalism, rejecting the view that colonialism alone explains modern nationalisms, leaning on Azar Gat’s argument that many national identities have deep roots…
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Open Thread – Brown Pundits
Open thread for general discussion, asking readers to keep other posts on topic, with links to the podcast, Twitter, RSS feed and Patreon.
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Capsule Review: The Birth of Classical Europe
A capsule review recommending The Birth of Classical Europe as a fact-rich survey of Mediterranean civilisation from Crete and Greece to Rome’s fall, written by historians the reviewer calls free…
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The Role of the Ahmediyya Movement in Kashmir
Hamid Hussain’s essay on the little-known role of the Ahmadiyya movement in Kashmir and Pakistan history, offered as an outcome of background research done while writing a piece on recent…
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Sangat and Society: the Sikh remaking of the North Indian Public Sphere
The author sets Guru Nanak’s founding of Kartarpur against Babur’s invasion of Punjab in 1519, arguing that the Sikh message of community and shared worship remade the North Indian public…
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Why Aryan Migration Theory (“AMT”) is probably true, but it might not matter
Razib Khan explains why he reads the Aryan Migration Theory as probably true on the genetic evidence, while saying it may matter less than the heat suggests. He also describes…
The Indian Subcontinent Argues with Itself
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