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Jan 2022
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Bilal Baloch on Indira Gandhi, India's E...

JUSTIN KEMPF
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We have core ideas that form a part of our worldview, but those core ideas are not fixed in the way in which we talk about rationality and interest in that they can evolve. And we have to, when we think about human behavior, political behavior, we have to give serious attention to those ideas and go beyond just fixed material interests. Bilal Baloch A full ... Show More
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