“Theresa May’s political career has been written off many times but she has now surely run out of road. This week she will meet with the executive of the Conservative Party’s backbench 1922 Committee who will press her for a date for her departure as prime minister” wrote the London Times last Monday. Her party […]
An unbelievable Hero!
We may ask what role do myths, rituals and heroes have to play in today’s world? Joseph Campbell, the author of the classic, The Power of Myth, tells us they provide us with a cultural framework by which we can define ourselves, and know who we are. This cultural framework is helpful for our […]
Is the word ‘populist’ an insult?
The word ‘populism’ seems to appear practically every day in the media. Indeed, the media appears to spend an inordinate amount of time on what they consider is the ‘populist’ rhetoric of Donald Trump. At times they do speak of other populist personalities, especially those in countries like Poland and Hungary, but mainly it’s […]
