Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

Russia’s imperial dreams and the tragedy of Central Europe

Some in the West are amazed that Russia is losing this war so far. Others are surprised by the courageous ways in which Ukrainians are resisting attacks and defending themselves with determination. Yet the opposite has happened. Ukraine has never been further away from Russia and closer to Western Europe ...
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Ukraine’s Fight For Freedom

Gray Memory

On a Self-limiting Collective Imagination

“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” So wrote Milan Kundera. Years ago, I found in his bold assertion confirmation of the findings of my first major research project on the sociological dynamics of cultural freedom. I would like to think my study of ...
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Gray Memory