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...character—providing a bottle of water whose cap had already been unsealed and claiming “I just did that myself, sir” proved popular even in decent restaurants. The next destination of my journey, Bodhgaya—the spot of Buddha’s enlightenment??would house its own flavor of touts. “You think I want money; I just guide people for good karma of helping. What are you looking for?”“Umm... enlightenment. Now jayo, bhaya: get out of here...
...Gore’s clumsy speech notwithstanding—replete as it was with nebulous metaphors comparing climate change to the subprime-mortgage crisis and a bizarre historiography of the Enlightenment??the event coincided with Harvard’s daylong “sustainability celebration...
...Nazi Literature” may not be Bolaño’s most important work, but it’s enjoyable and meaningful enough to be read alongside his best.The book is divided into 14 sections, ranging from “Forerunners and Figures of the Anti-Enlightenment?? to “Magicians, Mercenaries and Miserable Creatures.” Bolaño presents each chapter as an objective portrait of one writer’s life and literature—and that literature is often as hilarious and absurd as it is disturbing.When...
...even dignify such clearly ignorant rhetoric with a response, but I fear the profound implications that can and often do materialize from the repeated misconceptions heralded by Horowitz’s brand of “awareness.” Sadly, such a notion of “enlightenment?? seeks to teach the academic left lessons such as, “There is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists.” As Sa’ed Atshan, a Palestinian citizen and head teaching fellow for Government 1206, “Contemporary...
...professor, Darnton has embraced online media. Among other projects, he is helping to create an online archive of the correspondence between four of the Enlightenment??s greatest thinkers, and is writing a book that he plans to release both in print and digitally...