Archives for Philosophy
On Salvation, Colonisation and Machiavelli
My first year of study at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1964 was as a part time Bachelor of Commerce student. One of our courses was English Literature (ordinary).…
Our individuality comes before our blackness
The worst mistake you can make is thinking that because you are black, and black people are in the overwhelming majority, then democracy will always align to your interests. Firstly,…
The False God of Equality
In modern political discourse there’s much talk about the political ‘right’ and the political ‘left’, although there’s very little discussion as to what these concepts fundamentally are. The argument put…
Altruism for the Basis of Left-Wing Thought
Political thought in the West today is broadly divided into two camps – the left-wing and the right-wing. Each of these represents a very different worldview, and in order to…
Political and Cultural Hegemony – A Battlefield of Minds (Part 4)
Saul Alinsky was an American and master tactician during the 'underdog' anti-establishment militant protest period in the 1960s. He was recently rediscovered by various think tanks and blogs of the…
This is the Socialism you wanted
The latest political machinations of Jacob Zuma have caused outrage across the nation, from the leafy suburbs of Sandton, to the offices of our political commentators and analysts, to the…
Left-Wing Thought as Secular Religion
Click here to read the first part of this series. Left-wing ideologies, as we’ve seen, are based on the demand that people’s primary behaviour be altruistic rather than self-interested, even…
Political and Cultural Hegemony – A Battlefield of Minds (Part 3)
Stefan George was a German poet and artist active before and after the Great War, until his death in 1933. First bound to symbolism, he turned away from pure aestheticism…
The Elitist Pretence of Critical Theory
A movement has been growing within Marxism since the 1920s; and it has become known as 'neo-Marxism.' Neo-Marxism moved beyond Marx in the sense that its focus was 'late capitalism':…
Dissecting a quote: Big lies vs small lies
(Featured Image Source: ) "It is easier to macrobullshit than to microbullshit" - Nassim Taleb If you want to deceive others, make sure you go big. A single big lie can…