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Peter Critchley

Apr 14, 202327 min read

Stand Up, Speak Out, Push Back

“Anger when it lasts a long time engenders hatred.” - St. Thomas Aquinas I want to talk about the so-called culture wars. I hate...

Peter Critchley

Jan 15, 202319 min read

The Left is Socialist and Universalist or it is no Left at all

The Left is Socialist and Universalist or it is no Left at all “The entire historical and political basis of the Left is solidarity,...

Peter Critchley

Nov 17, 202237 min read

Locating the Origins of the Modern Malaise

Locating the Origins of the Modern Malaise The fate of our times is characterised by rationalisation and intellectualisation and, above...

Peter Critchley

Jun 20, 202216 min read

Rational Freedom and Happiness in contemporary culture

In face of a movement which takes some of your own themes, reduces and relativizes them by way of arbitrary, self-chosen standards, and...

Peter Critchley

Jan 10, 202215 min read

Pushing Back Against the Anti-Politics that is Tearing Society Apart

Pushing Back Against the Anti-Politics that is Tearing Society Apart I would like to comment on Giles Fraser's article published in...

Peter Critchley

Jun 13, 202120 min read

Beyond the endless cycle of power/resistance

When I first turned up on social media, around November 2013 I think, a scientist posted a video on my page, an interview in which...