Articles by Richard Landes

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/07/06/glossary-list-for-medievalists-guide-to-21st-century/The following is a glossary list of terms I (and others) have developed to help describe the civilizational dynamics of the 21st century. I welcome suggestions for my definitions and for others I haven’t included. […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/29/another-review-of-heaven-on-earth/[I recently got another review of my book on millennialism, this time in an Indian journal. It’s quite favorable, but my favorite part is what he says about my footnotes, which were in many cases, […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/27/nidra-poller-on-the-sarah-halimi-case/ Nidra Poller was among the first to report in English on the Sarah Halimi atrocity. The following excerpts are from Parts 2, 3 and 6 of her presidential election coverage. French Presidential Campaign: Part […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/24/further-thoughts-on-yom-yerushalayim-in-dialogue/My Yom Yerushalayim post engendered an exchange with the author of the article I fisked. I asked permission to post one of my long answers and he agreed with this request: Ok. BUT. I would […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/24/the-echo-chamber-of-dupes-human-rights-discourse-in-service-of-demopathy/I came across a recent article by Ron Dudai, “Entryism, mimicry and victimhood work: the adoption of human rights discourse by right-wing groups in Israel,” The International Journal of Human Rights, May, 2017. His basic claim is […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/18/case-study-of-lethal-journalism-nyt-and-marwan-barghouti/Possibly the single most disorienting aspect of news coverage in the 21st century, was the way the mainstream news media – the main papers and news agencies and TV news studios – presented the “Second […]