Opinion – Habitus and the 2024 US Presidential Elections
Donald Trump’s victory comes from the rejectionists of the overarching framework of modernization theory at its most urban chic, missionizing, and high modernist points of expression.
Opinion – On Gerontology
While the views of youth are important for consideration, sometimes a little bit of elder wisdom and experience also matters.
Inclusiveness, Pedagogy, Identity, Ideology, and the Epistemology of the Professor
Because of the (sometimes controversial) topics that I teach, it has relieved tensions for students to know who their professor is via a prepared statement.
United Moderate Religion vs. Secular and Religious Extremes?
One can avoid the pitfalls of religion by acknowledging its importance at the macro-level for the greater good of national unity across a plural U.S. social fabric.
The Color of Institutions: Morality, Unity, or Decay? A Personal Reflection
A brief perusal of Huntington’s works shows a significant concern not only with political development and stability around the world, but also in Western societies.
Theatres of Difference: The Film ‘Hair’, Otherness, Alterity, Subjectivity and Lessons for Identity Politics
‘Hair’ is an historical document reminding us of divides long present in our society. We have learned a great deal in the decades since it was released.
Women Acquitting Themselves Well
It seems that no one ever taught Nancy Pelosi that statesman-like or stateswoman-like self-restraint and politesse is incumbent upon one sitting in her position.
A Rationale for Pluralism: The Rural, Remote Peasant
Policies that force people to choose between homogenization, fracture, or exclusion are rarely viable. Pluralism (institutional, cultural, social, and economic) offers extended periods of peace.
J’accuse! The Case for Traditional Capitalism
Traditionalism helps to avoid the pitfalls of Old World orthodoxy and New World secularism, which model the world on either a rosy interpretation of paradise or accept it as living hell.
J’accuse! The Case for Pre-modernism, or, the Rural-urban Divide
It is argued that modernization is a bankrupt theory that has caused more harm than good on the human level.
