The marketisation of social life and the atomisation of identity have eroded the shared foundations of Western societies. Amid fragmentation and proliferating subgroups, the need emerges for a public sphere in which opposing perspectives compete without imposing a single moral orthodoxy. Steve Latham Daniel Rodgers’ book “Age of […]
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Victor Serge: the disobedient revolutionary
Victor Serge was born in Brussels in 1890 but came to live in many cities. He was, as an outstanding new biography puts it, an “unruly revolutionary”. Sean Sheehan His parents were Russian immigrants and, in Paris, their son was drawn into anarchist circles and began writing for […]
Education and debate for multicultural societies
Integrating cultures depends not only on diversity but on the ability to question and critically assess beliefs and values. Authoritarian or liberal rigidity can hinder creativity and limit the development of dynamic multicultural societies. Nigel Pocock Multiculturalism is about ‘integration’ and ‘tolerance’, both ill-defined. This envisages a […]
Diversity and multiculturalism against European extremism
Islamophobia and far-right discourse intensify after terrorist attacks, while the media reinforce prejudice against diverse Muslim communities. The challenge is to distinguish minority violence from the broader richness of European pluralism.. Some have spoken about the risk of Islamisation of Europe and the alleged danger that a Muslim presence poses […]
Miguel Hernández: poetry, prison, commitment and memory
Miguel Hernández’s life reveals the intersection of poetic creation, political commitment and personal suffering, accompanied by the intellectual solidarity of writers who recognised his greatness early on. Armando Orozco Tovar What did I do to deserve so much time inside? It was 1961, in the poet Darío Samper’s […]
















