Dr Andrew Cusack

Congratulations, Niall. A fascinating topic!

26.01.2026 16:08 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Paolo Freire (1970): "The desire for conquest is at all times present in antidialogical action. To this end the oppressors attempt to destroy in the oppressed their quality as 'considerers' of the world. Since the oppressors cannot totally achieve this destruction, they must mythicize the world."

19.01.2026 19:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I read Alexander's book. The review won't appear for many months, but I can say that I found the book insightful and instructive, deeply thought and clearly written. It's also a vindication of the interest and relevance of German Realism. I warmly recommend it.

19.01.2026 19:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Kathy Sheridan: Where is the kindness when we talk about trans people? Number of trans people in Irish society is tiny – and each one is a human being

'what kind of debate results in conceiving of any human being, let alone a child, as “it”?'

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

26.11.2025 14:54 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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26.11.2025 17:00 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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24.11.2025 13:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Fontane (1897): "The old-fashioned battles with all their battalions--even though they still keep on multiplying--they're disappearing from modern history. From real history, I mean, the kind that's worth reading about. And if they themselves aren't disappearing, interest in them is in any case."

22.06.2025 18:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thank you for your comment, Fionola. Rizal spoke German and was well informed about German literature, so it's likely he had heard of Fontane.

22.06.2025 14:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As far as we know José Rizal (1861-1896) never met Theodor Fontane (1819-1898) during his sojourn in Berlin in the winter of 1886/87, but as the young Asian author moved outwards to embrace European ideas we find a corresponding outward movement to the world, to Asia, in Fontane's late works.

19.06.2025 11:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Spheres of influence were no less relevant for Filipino nation builders like José Rizal in the late nineteenth century than they are for us today. Rizal's sketch shows American, British, Dutch, French and Spanish spheres of influence in the Pacific. Image source: Archive.org

28.05.2025 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0