West

C Scott Jordan has a conversation on ‘manifest destiny’; Ziauddin Sardar attempts to pin down the contours of ‘the West’; Liam Mayo uncovers how the West was won; John Liechty goes West (in America); Andrew Brown has doubts about Western civilisation; Adnan Delalić reveals how the West tied up Bosnia-Herzegovina; Salma Khalid is curious about Western curiosity; Qalandar Bux Memon tells us why he left the West behind; Boyd Tonkin wonders how Western is the novel; Sadia Zulfi qar explores the notion of the West in the novels of Leila Aboulela; and Robin Yassin Kassab laments the loss his Western friends.

In this issue

  • Iran's AI Lego video Image
    Art

    The Last Word: On Slopaganda

    Our wonderful postnormal times have given us a string of new words. There is, of course, ‘post-truth’, a product of the now defunct philosophy – or…

    Khuda Bushq
  • Harry Frankfurt, author of On Bullshit
    Reviews

    Enemies of Truth

    The concept of ‘bullshit’ has become an increasingly credible part of the theoretical toolkit utilised by political scientists and philosophers in…

    Zain Sardar
  • Manifest Destiny Painting
    Philosophy

    INTRODUCTION: Manifest This

    ‘Tis the season for ‘manifesting’!Manifest that perfect beach bod before spring gives way to summer. Manifest that serene workplace environment…

    C Scott Jordan
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