Enlightened Populism: Reflections on the News Cycle of a Pandemic (Book) - 12/11/2020 2:23:25 PM
I am generally not into reading political books, but your description here caught my eye. While I'm surprised that you have based your scholarship on Facebook, I am not a regular on Facebook so am not really well informed on what might be available there.
But I do agree on your two sides of world communication: Blind Eliteism and Ignorant Populism. I also agree with all of the other isms that you say serve no real purpose. all I believe that your general philosophy about governing is similar to mine. But I will not be writing any political books anytime soon.
Thanks for sharing your ideas and good luck with your book.
Ron
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Philosophical Legacy: The Bachelors of Egypt (Article) - 9/3/2017 7:39:32 AM
Thank you for enlightening me to the emergence of philosophical dialogue in Egypt after the 2011 revolution. I'm so glad to see that these kinds of discussions are going on in spite of the continued turmoil. I especially liked the connection made between Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and Alexander… Something I didn't know or understand before.
When I was in Cairo under martial law in December/January for four days in 1977/78 our cab drove by many, what appeared to be, coffee shops filled with men. I assumed at the time that was where Egyptian men discussed politics (and philosophy?) under Anwar Sadat's revolutionary attempts to make peace with Israel. I didn't see any cathedrals of higher learning, but I believe they were there, tucked back in the communities. I got my education in the Cairo Museum for two full days and am very grateful for it.
Is it still in those coffee shops(?) that these philosophical discussions take place?
Ron
