By Mark Bahnisch on September 28, 2009
As a sequel to my post on The Australian‘s series on the left, where I highlighted Guy Rundle’s take, I’m reproducing from today’s Crikey (with permission) his longer sequel to his take beneath the fold. Meantime, the Oz series meanders [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on December 1, 2008
On a couple of reports on tonight’s tv news, I saw a citizen of Mumbai being interviewed who demanded the Indian government go to war with Pakistan. That set me to wondering what such a war – and God forbid [...]
Posted in Disasters, Government, History, International, Politics, Sociology, Terrorism, War | Tagged assymetrical warfare, attacks, Eric Hobsbawm, global sociology, globalisation, globalism, India, Max Weber, modernity, Mumbai, Norbert Elias, pakistan, political sociology, Saskia Sassen, Sociology, state, state power, Terrorism, Urbanism, War, warfare |
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