Articles by Richard Landes

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/11/alex-safian-nprs-terror-problem-when-is-a-terrorist-a-terrorist/In reading an important article by Kenneth Lasson, “Betraying Truth: The Abuse of Journalistic Ethics in Middle East Reporting, I came across a reference to an important article by CAMERA’s Alex Safian on NPR’s use […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/11/nakba-naksa-naqsba-the-victimization-of-palestinian-refugees/Fragments in honor of Naqba Day The original meaning of Nakba: the catastrophe Arab leadership brought on the refugees from their failed war. It was initially voiced by refugees as criticism of the Arab elite. […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/07/napoleon-as-messianic-figure-the-pestiferes-de-jaffa-and-the-letter-to-the-jews-1799/I recently discovered a file I had thought was lost on Napoleon. It was an appendix to my book on millennialism. I just found a draft that I sent to an Israeli archeologist and historian, […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/05/07/doyle-quiggle-on-limbic-captivity-oneidophobia/I have recently been in an email exchange with Doyle Quiggle about my new neologism, oneidophobia (pronounced: onēdophobia), or the dread of public humiliation/blame/disgrace. He has emphasized to me the biological underpinnings of these issues, including […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/04/27/letter-of-protest-to-tom-paradise-re-phyllis-chesler/Barbara Jones, anthropologist, wrote the following letter to Thomas Paradise, the head of the “King Fahd Center for Middle Eastern Studies.” I post it here with her permission. April 20, 2017 Thomas R. Paradise PhD, […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/04/26/intellectual-corruption-of-intersectional-academics-ted-swedenburgs-palestinian-anthropology/In the Phyllis Chesler case, one of the three authors of the letter (fisked here) that got her disinvited was Ted Swedenburg. The letter embodies everything about the current field of post-Oriental Middle Eastern Studies […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/04/26/intellectual-corruption-of-intersectional-academics-tom-swedenburgs-palestinian-anthropology/In the Phyllis Chesler case, one of the three authors of the letter (fisked here) that got her disinvited was Ted Swedenburg. The letter embodies everything about the current field of post-Oriental Middle Eastern Studies […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/04/25/reponse-au-sujet-de-lislam-et-la-culture-dhonneur-et-honte/J’ai recu une requête par facebook d’un chercheur francais au sujet de mon article sur Edward Said et la culture d’honneur et de honte. Il m’a adressé la question en anglais, j’ai répondu en français […]

http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2017/04/25/how-to-deal-with-honor-shame-dynamics-with-dignity-refuse-proleptic-dhimmitude/[apologies for not posting this months ago.] In response to my article in MEQ on Edward Said and honor-shame dynamics, one reader wrote in: I thought Landes’ article pushed an important point on honor and shame.  […]