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Citizenship of a democratic state means living by the laws of the country. A liberal democracy cannot survive when part of the population believes that divine laws trump those made by man.

Ian Buruma

Citizenship of a democratic state means living by the laws of the country. A liberal democracy cannot survive when part of the population believes that divine laws trump those made by man.

Islam may soon become the majority religion in countries whose churches have been turned more and more into tourist sites, apartment houses, theatres, and places of entertainment. The French scholar O...

Ian Buruma

Islam may soon become the majority religion in countries whose churches have been turned more and more into tourist sites, apartment houses, theatres, and places of entertainment. The French scholar O...

About Author
Ian Buruma (born 28 December 1951) is a Dutch writer and editor who lives and works in the United States. In 2017, he became editor of The New York Review of Books, but left the position in September 2018.
Much of his writing has focused on the culture of Asia, particularly that of China and 20th-century Japan. He was the Paul W. Williams Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College from 2003 to 2017.

Anti-Americanism may indeed have grown fiercer than it was during the cold war. It is a common phenomenon that when the angels fail to deliver, the demons become more fearsome.

Ian Buruma

Anti-Americanism may indeed have grown fiercer than it was during the cold war. It is a common phenomenon that when the angels fail to deliver, the demons become more fearsome.

Tags: bigotry, cold war, leftism, politics, united states

Gerçekle yüz yüze gelmeyi, çoğu kez hayal kırıklığı izler. Beauvoir'nın anlattığına göre, Sartre ABD'den bütün gördükleri biraz afallamış olarak döndü. İnsanlardan elbette hoşlanmış ve Roosevelt'e hay...

Ian Buruma

Gerçekle yüz yüze gelmeyi, çoğu kez hayal kırıklığı izler. Beauvoir'nın anlattığına göre, Sartre ABD'den bütün gördükleri biraz afallamış olarak döndü. İnsanlardan elbette hoşlanmış ve Roosevelt'e hay...

I think that Ryu Chishu, or Tanaka Kinuyo, or to be more precise, the imaginary characters they portrayed, were more real to the film buffs than any existing human being. This is why cinephiles are sp...

Ian Buruma

I think that Ryu Chishu, or Tanaka Kinuyo, or to be more precise, the imaginary characters they portrayed, were more real to the film buffs than any existing human being. This is why cinephiles are sp...

In her prime, she bore a slight resemblance to Liberace, but in a more masculine way

Ian Buruma

In her prime, she bore a slight resemblance to Liberace, but in a more masculine way

LIBERATION IS PERHAPS not the right word to describe the end of the war in colonial societies. Most Asians were more than happy to be rid of the Japanese, whose Asian liberation had turned out to be w...

Ian Buruma

LIBERATION IS PERHAPS not the right word to describe the end of the war in colonial societies. Most Asians were more than happy to be rid of the Japanese, whose Asian liberation had turned out to be w...

On May 7 crowds had gathered on Dam Square in the center of Amsterdam in front of the Royal Palace, cheering, dancing, singing, waving the orange flag of the Dutch royal family, in anticipation of the...

Ian Buruma

On May 7 crowds had gathered on Dam Square in the center of Amsterdam in front of the Royal Palace, cheering, dancing, singing, waving the orange flag of the Dutch royal family, in anticipation of the...

The Japanese have an expression for human relations that are sticky with the mutual obligations and dependencies of the collective life. They use the English word wet. Traditional Japanese family rela...

Ian Buruma

The Japanese have an expression for human relations that are sticky with the mutual obligations and dependencies of the collective life. They use the English word wet. Traditional Japanese family rela...

The solution to the Muslim problem is a Muslim Voltaire, a Muslim Nietzsche—that

Ian Buruma

The solution to the Muslim problem is a Muslim Voltaire, a Muslim Nietzsche—that

Without ideology, and with nothing but jobs for the boys at stake, party politics was losing its raison d’être, and trust in the old democratic order could no longer be taken for granted.

Ian Buruma

Without ideology, and with nothing but jobs for the boys at stake, party politics was losing its raison d’être, and trust in the old democratic order could no longer be taken for granted.

Yahudi intikamı siyasal destek görmediği için, hiçbir zaman uygulanamadı. Siyonist liderler savaşla kana bulanmış Avrupa ülkelerinden uzakta, çöl arazisini işleyen ve gururlu yurttaş-askerler olarak d...

Ian Buruma

Yahudi intikamı siyasal destek görmediği için, hiçbir zaman uygulanamadı. Siyonist liderler savaşla kana bulanmış Avrupa ülkelerinden uzakta, çöl arazisini işleyen ve gururlu yurttaş-askerler olarak d...

After all that, after the concentration camps in Germany, after we stated definitely that our former home was changed into a mass grave, we can only grope and clasp with our finger tips the shadows of...

Ian Buruma

After all that, after the concentration camps in Germany, after we stated definitely that our former home was changed into a mass grave, we can only grope and clasp with our finger tips the shadows of...