First Links — 3.11.14

Europe and the New Democracy
Philippe Bénéton, Hedgehog Review

What Dostoevsky Knew About the Internet
Rosa Inocensio Smith, American Reader

Nudging, Paternalism, and Human Agency
Charles Mathewes, Political Theology

Secular Lent’s Pale Imitation
Giles Fraser, Guardian

How (Not) to Read Charles Taylor
James K. A. Smith, Comment

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