Tearing down the statue of Friedrich Engels won’t help Ukraine
Russophobia is clouding our judgement.
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Culture wars are ideological clashes surrounding cultural and social beliefs between groups, generally divided across the socially conservative and liberal line. The term derives from the German Kulturkampf (‘culture struggle’), referring to the clashes between the Catholic Church and Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the late nineteenth century. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis on culture wars here.
Climate culture war trivialises our security
The populist right fails to realise that expanding fossil fuels leave us vulnerable to Russian aggression – and would do…
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Right-wingers that judge Deborah Meaden for wearing a face mask are anti-British
The one thing that unites Britain is not caring what other people wear.
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Putin has spotted our weakness… “political correctness”
Oliver Dowden is right, the West’s obsession with “woke” issues is undoubtedly why Russia wants to go to war.
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Trans activists ask us to redefine what most consider to be truth
The subject has become so toxic and all-consuming because of people's resistance to compelled speech.
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Feminism has been reduced to the transgender debate
A lifetime of supporting women counts for nothing. I'm accused of being a "pick me" girl vying for male attention.
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Why is it just the left that gets accused of virtue-signalling?
Conservatives are far worse – take GB News’ daily broadcast of “God Save The Queen”.
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Eric Gill’s sculpture won’t be the last to fall in the name of moral purity
If you feel the urge to take a chisel in your hand and make your way to Broadcasting House, take…
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In modern day youth culture, conformity rules
Young people were once rebellious, but they have fallen in love with authority
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Christopher Hitchens couldn’t survive in today’s world
A decade on from Hitchens’ death, digital life discourages the free thinking and nonconformity that made him so compelling.
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Savagery in America is symptom of an increasingly disordered world
The Kyle Rittenhouse affair is a symptom of American lawlessness.
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Historians have become soft targets in the culture wars. We should fight back
The “rewriting of history” is not some act of professional misconduct but literally the job of professional historians.
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Why do students still want Jordan Peterson to tell them how to live?
I shadowed Peterson at two events in Oxford and Cambridge, where the anti-woke culture warrior received an unexpectedly warm welcome.
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What is the new University of Austin for?
A new university founded by Bari Weiss, Steven Pinker and others offers itself as the antidote to “cancel culture”.
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The meaning of Vladimir Putin’s attack on liberalism
By railing against liberalism, “cancel culture” and trans rights, the Russian president is exploiting debates taking place in Western societies…
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Climate concern doesn’t divide by income: politicians should stop portraying it as a “class war”
Right-wing interests present eco-anxiety as a middle-class issue, but lower income groups will suffer most from climate impacts.
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The Conservatives’ war on the humanities will hurt working-class students
In the name of “anti-elitist” politics, Britain’s cultural landscape will likely become even more middle class.
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“Fighting culture wars won’t pay the bills”: Reform UK’s Richard Tice on life after Nigel Farage
The leader of the rebranded Brexit Party on why he will no longer stand aside for the Conservatives or fight…
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Why culture wars are an elite device
Plutocratic populists reduce economic conflicts to questions of belonging.
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Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in “anti-intellectual times”
The philosopher and gender theorist discusses tensions in the feminist movement over trans rights
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