The Return of Materialist Dialectics
My review of John Bellamy Foster's The Return of Nature is generating some interest. With a substantial second part on Engels, this book...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 11, 20208 min read
Reclaiming Socialism, Reframing Conservatism
This post is written in response to an article which compares and contrasts left- and right-wing political perspectives. From a...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 10, 202014 min read
Seeing the Light
Seeing the Light “I wish, that I could really tell you, All the things that happened to me And all that I have seen, A world full of...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 10, 202050 min read
Dante's Sweet Symphony of Paradise
"Beatrice Addressing Dante from the Car" by William Blake I have been working on this book since February 2017. It started life as an...
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Peter Critchley
Nov 10, 202050 min read
Dante's Journey - book outlines
DANTE’S JOURNEY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISE “Dante Alighieri is a universal poet, and great creators, they are writing for everybody...
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Peter Critchley
Oct 16, 202018 min read
Reasons, Emotions, and Motivations
This post has been incited by comments offered today by a number of people involved in environmental campaigning and eco-design. Their...
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Peter Critchley
Aug 30, 202016 min read
Materialist Dialectics
It is exactly twenty five years ago since I was accepted as a doctoral student at Manchester, so I’ve been looking back, with a mixture...
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Peter Critchley
Aug 5, 202080 min read
Redeeming Empty Promises
Redeeming Empty Promises I have been reading Jeffrey Hart, Smiling Through the Cultural Catastrophe: Toward the Revival of Higher...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 31, 202041 min read
A Civic Environmentalism and Moral Ecology
A Civic Environmentalism and Moral Ecology: linking ethical, social, and ecological approaches in evolution and extension It’s always...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 21, 202024 min read
The Slenderest Knowledge of the Highest Things
The Slenderest Knowledge of the Highest Things 'Those who seek the direct road to truth', Descartes argued, 'should not bother with any...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 21, 202016 min read
To Care for the Other
"To get through this pandemic we have to bridge the empathy gap. We know the coming months will be deeply trying, but they could be...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 14, 202019 min read
For the Healing
For the Healing In a post, a FB friend recently asked ‘where are the healers?’ I shall quote him in full, because his words here express...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 6, 20208 min read
The Sweeping, Seductive Melodies of Ennio Morricone
Farewell to Il Maestro It was so sad to hear of the death of Ennio Morricone the morning of July 6, 2020. Ennio Morricone was well liked...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 4, 20201 min read
The Desperate Ones
They hold hands And walk in silence In those faded towns which are rocked by drizzle Making no sound but their footsteps Step by muted...
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Peter Critchley
Jul 2, 20206 min read
All Our Days
I’m reading on Jack Charlton, the tall, gangly centre-half for Leeds United and England in the sixties up to his retirement in 1972 when...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 30, 202024 min read
A Rational Environmentalism
A Rational Environmentalism There has been yet another book published by a long-term member of the environmental movement, pointing out...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 29, 202034 min read
Thoughts on Tocqueville, Democracy, and Transcendent Standards
Thoughts on Tocqueville, Democracy and Transcendent Standards Nietzsche was right, but Nietzsche went mad. He was right that truth and...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 28, 202033 min read
A Society of Idiots
The Society of Idiots Thoughts on a Licentious Society That’s quite a title, I must admit. Is that what people call ‘click bait?’ I think...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 21, 20201 min read
Lost Content
It is Father’s Day today. It struck me today that I never once wished my father a Happy Father’s Day. When it was a happy day every day,...
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Peter Critchley
Jun 14, 202025 min read
Beyond Libertarianism
Beyond Libertarianism, a true conservatism? I’m taking the pulse of several conservative articles, from the Telegraph and other places....
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