On October 29, 2019, a group of intellectuals met at the Sociology Department usp, initiative Tempo Social editor, for an interview with Patricia Hill Collins, internationally renowned American intellectual, who opened new perspectives Black feminist thought, as critical social theory. The departure point was Collins book, entitled Intersectionality Critical Theory, where she explores parallels...

Rent control is an economic abomination. It diverts investments away from residential rent units, it leads to their deterioration, it is responsible for urban decay such as in the South Bronx, it does not help poor tenants, it is a horrendous means of income redistribution. Yet this economic regulation is beloved of intellectuals (hot beds of pro rent control sentiment are Berkeley, Ann Arbor a...

For over two millennia, Aristotle's logic has ruled over the thinking of western intellectuals. All precise theories, all scienti c models, even models of the process of thinking itself, have in principle conformed to the straightjacket of logic. But from its shady beginnings devising gambling strategies and counting corpses in medieval London, probability theory and statistical inference now e...

For over two millennia, Aristotle's logic has ruled over the thinking of western intellectuals. All precise theories, all scientific models, even models of the process of thinking itself, have in principle conformed to the straightjacket of logic. But from its shady beginnings devising gambling strategies and counting corpses in medieval London, probability theory and statistical inference now ...

1 Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center THE PROJECT FOR THE RESEARCH OF ISLAMIST MOVEMENTS (PRISM) OCCASIONAL PAPERS Volume 5 (2007), Number 5 (December 2007) Director: Reuven Paz The Project for the Research of Islamist Movements is linked to the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center. Site: www.e-prism.org. Email: [email protected]. All material copy...

The writings of the Italian philosopher and political activist Antonio Gramsci (1891– 1937) are neglected in social work, but his complex body of work might aid the profession’s understanding in the early twenty-first century. Social work education, specifically, may have much to gain from Gramsci’s theorisation. The focus of this article—perhaps, something of an introduction of Gramsci—will be...

The paper explores relations of both Serbian nationalist and antinationalist intellectuals towards Karl Kraus? work. Analysis the ?Last days mankind? shows that Kraus wrote satires against ruling circles Habsburg Monarchy, demanded its reorganization, even destruction. He mostly ridiculed top Monarchy German Reich, unmasked their war plans Serbia. warmongering Wiennese press, intellectuals, who...

The existing research on the role of intellectuals in alleviating suffering has overlooked contributions by prominent Black from United States early 1990s. Two roundtable debates co-organised under auspices Boston Review at Harvard and MIT 1992 1993 response to Eugene Rivers’ essay “On Responsibility Intellectuals Age Crack” were central these contributions, counting a star-studded line-up incl...