Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it.Walter Benjamin, “Theses on the Philosophy of History” (1940)Rumors and HummersIn a conference room a few blocks from the White House, an official from the Colombian Embassy stressed that the victim defended drug traffickers and was known to drive around Cali in a Hummer. The person in question – Hernan Darío Escobar, a Colombian attorney – was targeted in a drive-by shooting in...
Source: IdeAs
DOI: 10.4000/ideas.10993
Author: Anthony Dest
Institutions: Lehman College, The University of Texas at Austin
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3137067531