The Weltanschauung of Jack London
By James Eden: “Jack London? Didn’t he used to write kid’s stories about dogs?” Sadly, this response to the mention of American author Jack London’s name is all too frequent. London’s legacy and reputation seems to revolve around his “doggie” books, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Yet as with many aspects of Jack London’s life, not all is as first appears. Labelling The Call of the Wild as just a book about…
If People Are Not Valued By Blood, They Are Valued By Money
By Jane Everdene Nationalism is all about blood. And soil. We care about the soil because of the blood. The remains of generations of our ancestors lived their lives and died here and it is this fact that makes our country – our land – our soil – sacred to us. “Blood” refers to the closeness of our relatedness to others. We all know the saying “Blood is thicker than water”, and that it means…