Culture in the Blender

Studying French in America is pointing out to me, bit by bit, how much more blurred cultural boundaries are in Europe than probably anywhere else, at the very least as compared to the United States and China. It certainly doesn’t seem that way when you’re there, because there are plently of things to mark the [...]

Opinion voiced at panel discussion on global fundamentalisms: Europe isn’t seeing a rise in religious fundamentalism in part because Europe doesn’t feel as threatened by globalization. One piece of support for my null hypothesis.
One of the things I have the most difficulty understanding and sympathising with in the US is the excessive religiosity and especially [...]