Tag Archives: deliberative democracy
What is academic freedom?
Note: I originally wrote two versions of this article for The Wire; one, a ‘newsier’ version, was published in June 2020. I’d intended to publish the version below, which is more of a discussion/analysis, sometime last year itself but it … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis
Tagged academic freedom, academic freedom index, Ashis Nandy, deliberative democracy, freedom of cultural expression, gender identity, marketplace of ideas, right to science, Scholars At Risk Network, UN ICESCR, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, University of Gothenburg, V-Dem Project
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Why we need *some* borders between us
Borders are often a bad thing because they create separation that is unconducive for what are generally considered to be socially desirable outcomes. And they’re often instituted to maximise political outcomes, especially of the electoral variety. However, as electoral politics … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Op-eds
Tagged #MeToo, affirmative action, borders, deliberative democracy, democratic society, higher education, human spaceflight, leaky pipeline, privilege, quota system, reservations, SpaceX, status quo
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