The “bunch of hippies,” ignorance and hubris

Of the multitude of comments made on the topic of the Occupy movement, I find the reference “a bunch of hippies” the most irritating. Such a response strikes me both as a form of ignorance to the obvious, and hubris,

In praise of Rogers Brubaker

There are some authors that simply make a change in the field of their work. Such is the fate of Rogers Brubaker, probably the most influential contemporary theorist of nationalism, ethnicity, belonging and related matters. The changes he has instigated

Bad news: Croatia appropriates Marco Polo. Good news: he might have not even been to China.

Finally, another bizarre symbolic conflict over historical figures. After having devoted a great deal of my time examining the Greco-Macedonian conflict over the narratives of ancient Macedonian origin, and the copyrights to the legacy of Alexander the Great [MA thesis,

The Norway atrocities as a turning point

In Breivik’s case, we have an obvious example of how anti-Islam, far right rhetoric inspires terror (the same goes for any extremist rhetoric). While it would be senseless to blame a whole political movement for the acts of an individual,