Peter Hughes

Peter Hughes is a philosopher, psychologist, writer, and entrepreneur living in the UK. He is the author of ‘A History of Love and Hate in 21 Statues.’

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The Crack-Up

How individual and civilisational identities collapse.

Peter Hughes

2 Feb 2023 · 10 min read

When Shigalyov, one of the revolutionaries in Dostoevsky’s Demons, lays out his “system of world organization,” he admits that he got “entangled in my own data.” Confronted with the brutal logic of his idealism, he is forced to concede that his conclusion “directly contradicts the original idea from which

Peter Hughes

13 Nov 2021 · 8 min read

The Purity Paradox: How Tolerance and Intolerance Increase at the Same Time

By relentlessly expanding the concept of intolerance, prevalence-induced concept change ensures none of us can ever be good enough—if we pass one test of tolerance, we are sure to fail the next.

Peter Hughes

19 Jun 2020 · 7 min read

Peter Hughes

The Crack-Up

The Temptations of Tyranny

The Purity Paradox: How Tolerance and Intolerance Increase at the Same Time