Jonathan Ree

Times Literary Supplement 06/09/1996 Can we find equivalents for philosophical terms? If philosophy really is (as its enemies keep saying) just another branch of European literature, still it is a pretty remarkable one. It is cosmopolitan like no other. Even the most rudimentary philosophical library will contain works written in Greek, Latin, French, English and German; and even the most Europhobic philosophers accept, more or less, that they belong to a Pan-European tradition.

Imagine you are a Palestinian academic or a student

The Islamic University of Gaza bombed by Israeli F16 warplanes, August 02, 2014. (Photo: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Nazmi Al-Masri on August 12, 2014 Over the one-year period from July 2013 to July 2014, I was supposed to participate in six international academic conferences and meetings as a partner in four international projects: three EU-funded projects (two from Erasmus-Mundus, one Tempus) and one BritishArts and Humanities Research Council-funded project. Because of the siege and the current war, I could not participate in any of these academic gatherings, which were held in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Jordan, and Cyprus....