Do people really love themselves? Some writers think that people do not love themselves, saying that true self-love, in the sense of self-acceptance, is learned, often very painfully so. I agree. Nigel Pocock Part of the difficulty is that people confuse self-esteem and self-love. I concur, with Scott […]
In Focus
In Focus
Has a culture of ‘rights’ prevented healing from abuse?
This looks like a highly provocative and paradoxical title, and so it is. What we present here is an outworking of Ofer Zur’s article (2006), The Pathology of Victimhood. Nigel Pocock Zur argues that the tendency to ignore the psychology of victims arises from a fear of blaming […]
Unethical journalism
Theoretically, modern journalism has five objectives: informing, interpreting, entertaining, educating and giving opinions. Nevertheless, in reality, their objectives are: manipulating, lying, distorting, persecuting and generating business for those who are able to pay for their services. Patricio Mery Bell* Journalism generates feelings far removed from reality, for example, […]
My daughter explains things to me
Finally, the shoe is on the other foot, as a generational shift takes place. Instead of me taking time to teach my daughter, she is assuming the role of teacher. Steve Latham It’s a reversal of Rebecca Solnit’s ironic essay, “Men explain things to me”, exposing men’s practice […]
The current state of identity
You could think that the question of identity has lost relevance in an ever more globalised and interconnected world. Indeed, it is not difficult to state that identities have become more fluid, ephemeral and unpredicta.
Multiculturalism has allowed ethnic minorities and immigrants not to be absorbed by dominant discourses. The struggle for recognition as has gained new forms.
















