The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute is a non-profit organization promoting the scholarly examination of topics in philosophy, politics, history, and culture.
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New in Telos Insights: Mohadeseh Salari Sardari argues that the Islamic Republic perpetuates Qajar-style rule through repression, elite hypocrisy, manipulated history, and clerical supremacy, but Iranians already see themselves as citizens, not subjects.
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New in Telos Insights: Verena Buser argues that claims of Israeli genocide in Gaza reflect a manufactured consensus, driven by selective evidence, shifting definitions, institutional pressure, and suppression of dissent rather than open, rigorous debate.
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2027 Telos Conference in New York. We invite paper proposals on the topic "Deus et Machina: Technology, Politics, and Theology in the Age of AI." Abstract submissions due 10/30. Complete details at our website:
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New in Telos Insights: Robert Schuett argues that Hans Kelsen is the true realist: conceding much of Schmitt’s diagnosis that power is irreducible, Kelsen insists that only centralized, enforceable international law, not sovereign decisionism or the prudent statesman, can constrain it.
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NEW ISSUE: In Telos 216 (Fall 2026): Dangers to Democracy, we examine the challenges to democracy posed by the declining commitment to open debate, evidence-based reasoning, and pluralism. Read David Pan's introduction in our blog:
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2027 Telos Conference in New York. We invite paper proposals on the topic "Deus et Machina: Technology, Politics, and Theology in the Age of AI." Abstract submissions due 10/30. Complete details at our website:
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New in Telos Insights: Tim Rosenberger @steelvalleytim reads Columbus as a Girardian scapegoat: the crossing was inevitable, and the Eucharist he carried exposed the logic of sacrifice. Vilifying him absolves society of responsibility and obscures his courage and ambition.
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New in Telos Insights: Thomas Fröhlich traces China’s evolving view of the West, from spatial other with little intrinsic connection to China, to model of progress, to historical equal and rival [in Chinese, with English summary].
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New in Telos Insights: Thomas Fröhlich traces China’s evolving view of the West, from spatial other with little intrinsic connection to China, to model of progress, to historical equal and rival [in Chinese, with English summary].
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New in Telos Insights: Lukas Sarvari explains why Iran’s Islamic Republic is structurally incapable of political normalization due to its revolutionary ideology, arguing that lasting sovereignty requires regime change and popular self-determination by Iranians.
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The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute retweeted
CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2027 Telos Conference in New York. We invite paper proposals on the topic "Deus et Machina: Technology, Politics, and Theology in the Age of AI." Complete details at our website:
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CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2027 Telos Conference in New York. We invite paper proposals on the topic "Deus et Machina: Technology, Politics, and Theology in the Age of AI." Complete details at our website:
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New in Telos Insights: Sun Feiyu on the sociologist Wu Wenzao, who pioneered the Sinicization of sociology by training scholars, engaging Western theory, and grounding research in Chinese society and fieldwork [in Chinese, with English summary].
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