Raheem Hassan, a panelist at a talk at the Lahore Literary Festival discreetly looked up the meaning of the word ‘hermeneutics’ while nodding his head towards the moderator’s question which had contained said word. “Well, it’s all about finding a balance,” said fellow panelist Shazia Bhatti, who had employed a safe response since she her phone had run out of charge. “I don’t think we can even come close to understanding the issue at hand if we don’t look at the whole picture. “I think Gramsci’s praxis has already answered this question,” he said, in his response. We could also learn from what he had to say on the issue.”“Yes, the praxis, of course,” said Dr Faizy, while discreetly looking up the meaning of the word on her phone

Source: Pakistan Today February 28, 2019 06:18 UTC