Al Jazeera Network http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/michael-marder.html http://www.aljazeera.com/Media/images/AJLOGOGOOGLE.png http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/michael-marder.html © 2013 Aljazeera Network feedback@aljazeera.net webmaster@aljazeera.net Aljazeera Generator Portugal needs to switch to a knowledge-intensive economy to overcome the current crisis. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/05/2013571512538173.html 2013571512538173 Sun, 12 May 2013 12:07:34 GMT If plants are like "the lower animals", then they are animals that grow upside-down and inside-out, writes author. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/04/201342473124551504.html 201342473124551504 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:57:50 GMT Post-colonial theorists agree that "there is no strict division between the coloniser and the colonised". http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/03/2013314112255761369.html 2013314112255761369 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:08:35 GMT Europe needs to shed its Eurocentric attitude, argues Marder, but should not undergo "colonisation in reverse". http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/02/2013239733423939.html 2013239733423939 Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:57:33 GMT New scientific research and environmental degradation prompt a serious consideration of plant rights. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/01/2013120141156284755.html 2013120141156284755 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 11:02:42 GMT European discord has highlighted the fact that the eurozone crisis is political rather than economic, argues Marder. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/12/2012122194631826113.html 2012122194631826113 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:10:14 GMT Calls to send Gaza "back to the Middle Ages" only reinforce Israel's current state of medievalism. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/2012111912538816887.html 2012111912538816887 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:07:31 GMT The nation-state has lost the last shreds of its "supreme authority" to make "decisions on domestic policy matters". http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/2012118111643203133.html 2012118111643203133 Sat, 10 Nov 2012 12:49:58 GMT Unlike fatalists, tragic heroes do not give up in the face of fate; rather, they act against all odds, write authors. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/10/20121018104125859593.html 20121018104125859593 Thu, 25 Oct 2012 06:09:03 GMT Inanimate objects may communicate a meaning or intent through their juxtaposition with other objects, and with us. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/07/201279164638438955.html 201279164638438955 Fri, 13 Jul 2012 18:02:19 GMT Although plants may not have the capacity to experience pain, they relate to the world around them in a unique way. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/06/2012619133418135390.html 2012619133418135390 Sun, 24 Jun 2012 17:34:14 GMT Users follow topics believing it expresses them somehow, but do they even understand what influences their preferences? http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/05/2012519123159732261.html 2012519123159732261 Sun, 20 May 2012 07:05:27 GMT In a hedonistic culture, it is easy to forget that 'enjoyment' was once a rigorously theological concept. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/201241671849562851.html 201241671849562851 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:55:14 GMT Portuguese must give up their love of fate, stop revelling in misery and self-sacrifice they have come to identify with. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/04/20124311565448334.html 20124311565448334 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:03:25 GMT Since January 1, botanical terms are to be named in English rather than Latin, changing a centuries old practice. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/03/2012349117217552.html 2012349117217552 Thu, 08 Mar 2012 11:27:51 GMT The EU's infantalisation and animalisation of individual members is not surprising explains author. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/02/2012218144635507337.html 2012218144635507337 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:13:55 GMT Israel's Ultra-Orthodox community, like the government, believes they are exempt from having to justify their behaviour. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/01/20121982034753751.html 20121982034753751 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:15:31 GMT Across southern Europe, technocratic governments tend to erode democracy, sovereignty and meaningful decision-making. http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/12/2011121981347391640.html 2011121981347391640 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:16:27 GMT