ఉమ్మడి జాబితా లోని అంశాలపై తుది అధికారం కేంద్రానిదే అని రాజ్యాంగం పేర్కొంది. ఆర్థిక అధికారాలు కూడా కేంద్రానికే అధికంగా ఉన్నాయి. అందుచేత రాజ్యాంగానికి కట్టుబడి వ్యవహరించాలని విజ్ఞప్తి చేస్తే చాలదు. రాజకీయ శక్తుల సమీకరణలు ప్రాంతీయ శక్తులపై ఆధారపడిన సంకీర్ణ ప్రభుత్వాల ఏర్పాటు కు దారితీసినప్పుడు, ప్రాంతీయ సంస్కృతులు తమ ప్రత్యేకతలను, వైవిధ్యాన్ని నిలుపుకునే విధంగా
by GEORGE BRAINE In a tribute to Prof. Ashley Halpe, his daughter recently wrote about the time he was “forced to give his lectures in a takarang shed”. That triggered my nostalgic memories, of sitting in those takarang sheds, both as a teacher and a student. This is that story. But, let me begin at […]
By Prof. Charles Sarvan The following is an abridged version of a longer essay: “essay” in the earlier meaning of “to attempt”. Argument generates the heat of emotion but rarely the light of understanding – I attempt merely to share some perspectives on race and racism. The signifier “unicorn” refers to a non-existent animal. […]
Arguing With Racists
Epigraph: “Unhappy the land that has no heroes.” “No, unhappy the land that needs heroes.”~ (Brecht)
Preface. St Augustine said he thinks he knows what time is but if someone were to ask him “What is time?”, he would find it difficult to answer. So it seems with the word “race”. We think we know its meaning and use the term with casual confidence. In literary theory, the Russian Formalists drew attention to the fact that language is the medium of literature, and one of the devices of literature was (through unusual use and collocation) to make strange the familiar and, therefore, draw attention. The terms “race” and “racism” need to be estranged and looked at because of their semantic shifts.