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The Politicization of Everything

The Politicization of Everything
Detail of “The School of Athens” by Raphael. In the centre are Plato and Aristotle in discussion. Public Domain
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There was a time when politics occupied only a compartment of life. A citizen might vote, follow public affairs, argue over taxes or foreign policy and then return to the ordinary business of living: work, worship, family, literature, music, sport, conviviality.

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David Solway
David Solway
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David Solway is a Canadian essayist, political commentator, poet, and songwriter whose latest prose book is “Profoundly Superficial” (2025).