Monthly Archives: April 2012

Human Rights and Democracy – An Incomplete Story

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

The Foreign Secretary, William Hague, launched today the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s 2011 Human Rights and Democracy Report. Weighing in at 388 pages it’s a meaty affair. Even though I don’t agree with everything in the Report, the Report’s very … Continue reading →

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Building Bridges with Modernity and its Futures

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

Last week I explored how the shift to a multi-polar world might give rise to multiple understandings of modernity. I suggested that rather than resisting this trend the West needed to be tolerant of others who follow different paths with … Continue reading →

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Modernity and its futures?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Trawl the shelves of any respectable bookshop today and you will find a growing body of literature expounding the now well trodden thesis that China’s rise inevitably means the West’s demise. To be fair scholars have been exploring this possibility for … Continue reading →

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Egypt and the Altar Lot

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

It has been amusing over the last few months to read the media stories as to who might or might not be the next Archbishop of Canterbury. More interesting perhaps is who will succeed Pope Shenouda III as the leader … Continue reading →

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