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Narcissism and masculinity in popular culture.

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The Metrosexual

Mark Simpson coined the term in 1994, but it wasn't before his 2002 Salon.com article that the metrosexual became a cultural phenomenon. My first essay, The Metrosexual Defined, explores the commercial and sociological concept of the metrosexual. The second, The Metrosexual is Dead, Long Live the Metrosexual!, ponders on the question whether the metrosexual is really as dead as the media reports.

"I found it very interesting - and heartening that someone has actually done some research and some thinking about the subject." - Mark Simpson, author of Male Impersonators

The Metrosexual Defined; Narcissism and Masculinity in Popular Culture
The Metrosexual is Dead, Long Live the Metrosexual!
The Metrosexual Defined; Narcissism and Masculinity in Popular Culture (PDF)

Dutch Perspective: More On Masculinity
Dutch Perspective: Business Week on the Metrosexual
Dutch Perspective: Mark Simpson's response to Business Week


Nations and Nationalism

In the past, present or future, as long as there is uneven economic development, failure of politics and oppression, populations will be mobilized under the claim of nationhood. George Orwell keenly observed that there always has to be an “us” versus “them” in order to guarantee the permanence of the current world order.

Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?


Spinoza and Intelligent Design

“When they survey the frame of the human body, they are amazed; and being ignorant of the causes of so great a work of art, conclude that it has been fashioned, not mechanically, but by divine and supernatural skill.”

What if Spinoza Encountered Intelligent Design?