True pluralism does not reside in an easy-going, indifferent, toleration, which does not care what other people think or do. Secular pluralism is an unspoken ideology in our society. Consequently, we must examine its hidden assumptions.   Steve Latham   There are two meanings of the term ‘secular’. It may […]

The particular identities are not universal, nor is the concept of ‘identity’ itself universal, but is itself the product of an individualistic, late capitalist modernity. The challenges of living in and constructing a truly pluralistic society are immense. If we are going to accommodate many different lifestyles and worldviews then […]

Surrealism lurks in the city – resting, hiding, waiting to be noticed, observed, called forth into recognition.   Steve Latham   These are times of the signs, random suggestions, inviting us to enter the serendipity of found significances, a conceptual equivalent of ‘found art’. To locate the oddness, even amidst […]

I distinctly remember walking down the road from the railway station on the way home from school, the spit dripping down the back of my coat as the other boys spat huge gobs at my retreating figure.   Steve Latham   This was merely one episode in the bullying that […]

As thousands of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers cross over from Asia and Africa into Europe, it throws up resonances with the movement of peoples through history.   Steve Latham   The drift of peoples has frequently been from the East into the European peninsula, with the original settlement of human […]