Nilantha Ilangamuwa is a journalist and policy analyst. He is the founding editor of Sri Lanka Guardian. His most recent book is After Assad: Is Syria the New Libya in the Mediterranean? In his spare time, he enjoys reading philosophy for pleasure.
Slavoj Žižek’s recent provocation in The Philosophical Salon, “Why a Communist Must Assume that Life is Hell,” introduces a subtle but profoundly unsettling reimagining of the political and existential stakes … Read More