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The Populist Illusion

  • Posted on May 7, 2018December 15, 2019
  • Polemics from Ogreville

This article was originally published in Progress magazine on November 29th, 2017.  It is a sign of our shallow times that despite the ubiquity of the word ‘populism’ over the last two years, so little attention has been paid to the movement which gave it…

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Empathy for the Devil

  • Posted on May 7, 2018May 8, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of The Rage by Julia Ebner, originally published in Progress magazine on October 5th, 2017. The Rage – out today from IB Tauris – is part dedicated to the memory of Jo Cox, the slain member of parliament who suffered the kind of death…

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Foxhole Theologians, or The Theory and Practice of Salafi-Jihadism

  • Posted on May 7, 2018
  • A Struggle for Culture

Review of Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea by Shiraz Maher, originally published in Progress magazine on June 9th, 2016. A master terrorist is debating with a subordinate over some point of strategy in their bunker. The sheikh narrows his eyes, and after careful consideration remarks:…

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