This is a history lesson disguised as a novel, telling two stories: that of Classical Athens, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and all that, juxtaposed against a biography of Rembrandt. Somehow it works. Here’s Heller on the Athenian demogogue Cleon, who led the Athenian war effort after the death of Pericles. Patriots like Aristophanes who favored peace […]| If 42 is the answer, what is the question?
by Matthew Sears cover picture: Modern monument of Leonidas in front of the municipal race track in Sparta (Matthew Sears) Tennessee recently boasted about members of its National Guard deploying to the “Middle East” as part of “Operation Spartan Shield.” These soldiers will join Task Force Spartan, a US military organization based in Saudi Arabia … Continue reading Spartans in Palestine: When “Free” Societies Are Based on Oppression – #EOPalestine 16→| Everyday Orientalism