A collection of 10 posts
The West’s enduring success is rooted in its awareness of its own faults and constant striving to be better. Far from being a modern phenomenon, the tradition of Western self-criticism began with Homer.
When Westerners hate the West.
How open societies can meet the challenge of meaning.
If 'The Strange Death of Europe' was a requiem for a stricken continent, 'War on the West' is intended to be an act of defiance.
Virtue signaling includes the best of human instincts, and the worst of human instincts.
The West is not perfect, but it has created prosperity and freedom for millions of people
If we are looking for a civilization that never engaged in mass violence or destruction, we’re unlikely to find one.
Appiah is wrong to pretend that distinct civilizations were never a thing.
There’s nothing wrong with teaching Western Civilization or the Western classics alongside other cultural traditions. At the same time, the way Classics used to be taught is gone for good.
The new humanities maintain that for the last 500 years, Western Civilisation has got it wrong when it comes to knowledge, truth and science.