Nussbaum (Martha) Archives

December 7, 2015 • by Michael Weinman

When the victims of the Paris attacks received massive public sympathy on a global scale, many people pointed out that such an outpouring was disproportionate, and even stunk of Eurocentrism. After all, other attacks had occurred in recent months, other lives were lost, and far less attention was paid. There ...

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Banning the Minarets in Switzerland

The limits of the liberal public sphere and the dark side of monstration

May 30, 2014 • by Philippe Gonzalez

There is no problem with Islam in Switzerland. At least, there was none until 2009. But then, confounding poll predictions, and stupefying the Swiss political institutions, religious organizations, as well as mainstream media, 57.5% of the citizen voted a constitutional ban on the construction of minarets. Yet, less than half ...