Philosophy
Friedrich Nietzsche: God Is Dead
Friedrich Nietzsche’s most famous utterance is “God is Dead”. He felt that the repercussions of this were huge, but that it had not been fully comprehended by people yet. […]
Philosophy
Philosophy
Übermensch: The Future of Humanity
Übermensch, as Nietzsche saw it, was a man not bound by conventional morality. It wasn’t necessarily a male and wasn’t genetically superior either. It was an individual who could, through his will power, master his own self. […]
Politics
Challenges facing American Politics and Government
America has outgrown some of its institutions and continues to struggle to find balance between liberty and equality. Democratic institutions need to be reformed to meet the needs of the society. […]
Politics
Democratic Setup of the United States of America
The United States is a democratic republic where elected representatives engage in policymaking process. Politics is the process that is used to develop and manage the mechanism of government. […]
Politics
America: A Flawed and Complex Democracy
America hasn’t been able to construct a system that guarantees liberties and gives every group an equal opportunity to participate in politics. […]
Politics
A Paradigm Shift in America’s Foreign Policy
US foreign policy under President Trump did renegotiate economic ties with other countries but saw them more as trading partners and less as strategic global allies. […]
Politics
The Dual Hegemony of the United States and the Soviet Union
During the Cold War, the system of dual hegemony worked like a double-edged sword. Although it generated tension, but, it simultaneously also created some stability. […]
Government
America’s Foreign Policy: A Historical Perspective
The United States’ role in the international arena has always been pivotal. Its foreign policy- though started off as one of isolationism, couldn’t hold on as one for long. […]
Philosophy
Mark Twain and the Morality of Huckleberry Finn
Huck was wrought by his conscience believing that freeing his friend, Jim, was a crime. He is humane enough to sense that condemning people to chattel slavery cannot be right. And yet, his Victorian morality dictates that he do so. […]
Philosophy
The Manichean Dualism of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
The most surprising element of Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address was the lack of blame game. He believed both the South and the North to be equally complicit when it came to the sin of slavery. He saw it as a theodicy question about the justness of God and saw the civil war as a theological punishment. […]