Ahmed R. Teleb

Ahmed R. Teleb is a freelance journalist and political scientist-in-training. He writes filasophia.com and curates twisdoms.com. Follow him on Twitter @AhmedRTeleb.

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Op-Ed

A European Europe?

To imagine a “European Europe” de-Islamized is to imagine something entirely alien, a Europe without Shakespeare, without Martin Luther, without the scientific revolution, without the industrial revolution, and…

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; Fila Sophia

February 5, 2015

Op-Ed

Idea or Opinion? Should New Media Make a New Distinction?

In our new media – where articles are archived forever on an instantly accessible world-wide web – we should look for, and begin labeling, some work “idea journalism.”

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; SpeakOut

March 10, 2014

Op-Ed

The Zeitgeist of Tahrir and Occupy

Both the Tahrir Square Revolution and Occupy Wall Street movements manifested a zeitgeist, related to technology and a global information culture, of citizen intelligence and leaderless association.

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; Truthout

February 10, 2014

Op-Ed

Economy & Labor Politics & Elections

Easier to Vilify Team Owners than Question Society’s Complicity

The entire NFL has been involved in systematic denial of the long-term effects of game-induced head traumas.

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; SpeakOut

February 4, 2014

Op-Ed

The New French Revolution

New theorists and activists argue that France’s “representative democracy” is neither democratic nor representative, and they argue for a return to the Athenian model.

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; Truthout

January 20, 2014

Op-Ed

If Crowds Are Wise, Why Isn’t Congress?

Today Congress is dumb, in cognitive diversity one of the dumbest in the world perhaps. But, it can smarten up rather easily on some simple electoral reforms.

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; Fila Sophia

December 20, 2013

Review

Harry Potter & Martin Heidegger: Humility and the Authentic, Ethical Life

A review of Ontological Humility: Lord Voldemort and the Philosophers.

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; Fila Sophia

November 26, 2013

News Analysis

Economy & Labor

McDonald’s, Hollande and Future Government

With the undermining of the traditional trust-based brand, economic theory predicted two things would happen.

by: Ahmed R. Teleb,; Truthout

November 26, 2013