How to fight against authoritarianism? This of yourself as Camus’s Sisyphus.
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To Fight Authoritarianism, Think Sisyphus
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History’s Arc Bends Towards Kafka
The late Kundera has fascinating insights into how the novel has intersected with history.
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Boys That Don’t Fit the Gender Stereotype
Georgia has fired a teacher for sharing “My Shadow Is Purple,” thus denying her kids a narrative that they urgently need to hear.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Boy in a Dress, censorship, David Williamson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Katherine Rinderle, L. Frank Baum, Land of Oz, LGBTQ+ issues, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Milt Diamond, My Shadow Is Purple, Stuart Scott, Supergirl, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Authoritarians Long to Act with Impunity
Authoritarians long to act with impunity. H.G. Wells captures this fantasy in “The Invisible Man.”
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Donald Trump, Fascism, H.G. Wells, Invisible Man, Republic, ring of Gyges, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Socrates, Trumpism Comments closed
Warning to Fans of Authoritarianism
Applying “The Frogs Who Wished for a King” to the U.S., Biden is King Log and Trump King Crane.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Aesop, Aesop's Fables, Democracy, Donald Trump, Frogs Who Wished for a King, Joe Biden, Tom Nichols Comments closed
As in 1984, Neo-Fascists Redefine Freedom
Many on the extreme right are defining “freedom” in ways that Orwell would recognize.
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DeSantis’s Orwellian Power Play
A judge recently compared Florida governor Ron DeSantis to Orwell’s Big Brother.
Odysseus’s Authoritarian Power Play
Homer shows the dynamics of authoritarianism at work in an “Iliad” incident where Odysseus disciplines a critic of the Greek mission.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Fascism, Homer, Iliad, John Stoehr, Laughter, police violence, Thomas Hobbes, white supremacy Comments closed
