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Reappraising a controversial figure: Ross Carroll’s Edmund Burke

1 month ago | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Morien Robertson

In his classic 1790 text, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke writes:‘To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ, as it were) of public affections.
The Randomness of the World: A Review of Fluke by Brian Klaas

Dec 12, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Morien Robertson

Do events unfold with purpose or are they merely outcomes of chance? Can we understand the complexity inherent in the world around us or are all attempts at prediction, learning and theorising hopeless efforts to climb over impassable epistemic barriers? Can we be said to have meaningful control over our lives and the world?
‘Linguistic fascism’: Was Lord Moylan right to raise the alarm on Wales?

Sep 18, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | William Davies

On 14 March 2024, the Conservative Party peer Lord Daniel Moylan stood up in the House of Lords to deliver what would turn out to be . One part in particular drew the ire of his fellow members of the House:There is no doubt—and Sinn Féin fully appreciates this—that the use of language is a tool for promoting nationalist sentiment.
Language and the Law: Substantive Canons and Politicised Language

Aug 29, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Arpit Rao

In pursuing the neutral application of the law, courts must discern the meaning of statutes. When a statute’s text is clear, courts apply that meaning. But what happens when a statute’s text is not clear? Courts have developed various tools and canons of interpretation that help resolve ambiguity in laws. Some of these canons are descriptive or linguistic, providing grammatical rules and clarifying speech patterns.
Timelessness in Pre-Modern Politics

Apr 13, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Luke Dale

Harold Wilson’s oft-quoted quip that ‘a week is a long time in politics’ reflects a basic truth: politics plays out in time, and the haste of political change can sometimes seem to chafe at the seams of the calendar.
90 Seconds to Midnight: The Inconsistencies of Time in International Relations

Apr 13, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Anna Bartlett

In her inaugural address as the Montague Burton Chair in International Relations, Neta Crawford brought into focus the discrepancies inherent in conceptions of time and their consequences for the realm of politics. The prevailing ecological and political crises witnessed in contemporary society are, in part, a product of these discordant temporal perceptions.
The Utopia of Democratic Socialism: An Alternative to Capitalism

Apr 7, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Morien Robertson

Designating something ‘utopian’ is often meant as an insult to denounce political irresponsibility and hopeless idealism. Indeed, it is a common attack from the Right to suggest that left-wing governments are ‘utopian’ to allege fiscal imprudence, immature diplomatic relations, and more broadly a sense of naivety.
The Temporal Turn in Historiography

Jan 3, 2024 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Samuel Rubinstein

Review of Time, History, and Political Thought by John Robertson (ed.)This article was originally published in OPR’s Issue 11: Time. Among the many ‘turns’ by which historians like to signify developments within their discipline, one of the most significant is the rise of ‘time’ or ‘temporality’ as a subject unto itself.
Is South Korean culture ‘Dynamite’ for the country?

Nov 1, 2023 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Sean Tan

The Korean Wave has taken the world by storm: many—if not most—of us have listened to BTS’ latest hits on Spotify or watched the blockbusters Parasite and Squid Game. However, we seldom consider the impact that this phenomenon, also known as ‘Hallyu’, has on South Korea itself. What may seem like mere cultural assets have pivotal political and economic consequences which will profoundly shape an increasingly powerful country, despite pressing challenges to these assets’ longevity.
The Roman Emperor

Sep 28, 2023 | oxfordpoliticalreview.com | Ming Wong

Review of Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World by Mary BeardIn the preface to his magisterial work, The Emperor in the Roman World, Fergus Millar (in)famously asserted that ‘the emperor was what the emperor did.’ For him, it was sufficient for the historical study of social and political institutions to analyse the ‘specific patterns of actions’ which can be observed within those institutions.