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By Guest Poster on October 10, 2010
Guest poster MH reflects on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, including its implications for the prospects for democracy in China. — RM. Late on Friday it was announced that Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been [...]
Posted in Activism, China, International | Tagged China, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, nobel prize |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 12, 2009
SocProf links to a really fascinating piece on Obama’s Nobel Prize [previous LP discussion here] by Don Waisanen at ThickCulture, riffing on Weber’s characterisation of modernity as disenchantment of the world. It would appear that the Nobel committee at least [...]
Posted in Culture, Imperialism, International, Politics, Sociology, USA, War | Tagged barack obama, Bush administration, disenchantment, George W. Bush, Max Weber, modernity, Nobel Peace Prize, Politics, postmodernism, postmodernity, reenchantment, rhetoric, Sociology |
By Mark Bahnisch on October 9, 2009
The reasoning for the award, such as it is, can be found here. It’s quite odd. I really don’t think Obama has achieved much at all internationally. Probably it’s for not being George W. Bush. There’s a paradox here. On [...]
Posted in International, Politics, USA | Tagged America, barack obama, George W. Bush, Nobel Peace Prize, United States politics |
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