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Theory & Practice

The Social Condition: Religion and Politics in Israel

February 12, 2014 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb

Once I commit myself to a new theoretical project, I start realizing how my reading can illuminate it. Sometimes this involves a concerted effort. Thus these days I am re-reading Georg Simmel with an intuition that he can be a key theoretical guide in understanding the social condition. ...

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Education

Against the Education Uncertainty Principle

September 30, 2013 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Higher education in the U.S is in crisis. No doubt about it. But I worry that we are in real danger of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. The crisis has many dimensions, not the least of which is economic: ever increasing tuition, diminishing job prospects, exploding student debt. Calls ...
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