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The Psychology of Envy and Social Justice

2017

In this video we examine the nature of envy, look at how politicians make use of this emotion to gain power, examine how attempts to enforce equality, or promote social justice, can exacerbate envy, and discuss why those afflicted by envy should, for their own well-being, strive to rid themselves... See more...

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Public Power in the Age of Empire

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This series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism, and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy.

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Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: Essays and Conversations

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My Seditious Heart: Collected Nonfiction

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Jealousy/Envy