In my blog entry 211, I waxed skeptical about Joseph S. NYE’s “soft power”. I disliked the intertwining of persuasion and brute power. Persuasion backed by power tends to become dogma. NYE’s concept of “change from within”, however, has an intriguing kernel.
By Aldo Matteucci on 23 May 2013 - 10:04 | From the Looking Sideways channel
By Aldo Matteucci on 23 May 2013 - 03:55 | From the Looking Sideways channel
In Broken Images
He is quick, thinking in clear images;
I am slow, thinking in broken images.
By Aldo Matteucci on 20 May 2013 - 07:31 | From the Looking Sideways channel
An 18-year-old science student has made an astonishing breakthrough that will enable mobile phones and other batteries to be charged within seconds rather than the hours it takes today’s devices to power back up. http://bit.ly/10P41oY
By Aldo Matteucci on 7 May 2013 - 12:22 | From the Looking Sideways channel
I'll be too short, for I'm off and about. I've read this article on North Korea
and I'd recommend it for its content and style. This is how I'd like a diplomatic report, or policy paper, to be orgaized and argued.
By Aldo Matteucci on 5 May 2013 - 18:28 | From the Looking Sideways channel
“Speaking at the Tenth Annual Altegris Conference in Carlsbad, Calif., in front of a group of more than 500 financial advisors and investors, Ferguson responded to a question about Keynes' famous philosophy of self-interest versus the economic philosophy of Edmund Burke, who believed there was a
By Aldo Matteucci on 3 May 2013 - 08:53 | From the Looking Sideways channel
About 6 million years ago, the chimpanzees, the bonobos, and hominids divided up the realm of Pan, their Common Ancestor.
By Aldo Matteucci on 2 May 2013 - 06:52 | From the Looking Sideways channel
Continuing the dialogue on the concept of 'climate refugees'......
By Aldo Matteucci on 1 May 2013 - 07:47 | From the Looking Sideways channel
A raging row has developed over who is am “American novelist”. The matter is described by James GLIECK http://bit.ly/11B9uRe. I recommend reading the comments as well, for they illuminate the subject matter significantly (as well as the attitudes).
By Aldo Matteucci on 28 Apr 2013 - 01:22 | From the Looking Sideways channel
Alain TESTART has written a brilliant analysis of “transfers” in socio-anthropological terms.[1] He observes that there are three ty
By Aldo Matteucci on 27 Apr 2013 - 06:26 | From the Looking Sideways channel
I’ve been reading a prominent French social anthropologist, Alain TESTART.