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Here Time Becomes Space
1 day ago

Here Time Becomes Space

Earth, water, fire, and air Met together in a garden fair, Put in a basket bound with skin: If you answer this riddle you’ll never begin.             –The Incredible String …
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In Defense of Hegel’s Notion of Monarchy
1 week ago

In Defense of Hegel’s Notion of Monarchy

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As is well known, Hegel advocated constitutional monarchy as the only appropriate form of political order that fits modern society. His numerous critics see this weird advocacy either as a …
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Trust in Institutions and the War Dividend
2 weeks ago

Trust in Institutions and the War Dividend

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Even if almost no one wants to admit it, our “system” is obsolete, and for this reason it is now morphing into a “closed system” – totalitarian in nature. It …
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We Need to Talk about the Devil: The Return of Theological Politics in Russia (and not only)
3 weeks ago

We Need to Talk about the Devil: The Return of Theological Politics in Russia (and not only)

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With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine at a grim two-year anniversary, it might be necessary to supplement the geopolitical commentaries of pundits and technical analyses of military experts with something …
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Postmodern Identity Politics: Justice At Last, or Anti-Realist Sophistry?
4 weeks ago

Postmodern Identity Politics: Justice At Last, or Anti-Realist Sophistry?

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What is often called ‘identity politics’ in the twenty-first century seems to be closely connected to the rise of powerful new forms of communications technology. We have seen the birth …
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Just OK
1 month ago

Just OK

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The other day I asked a friend of mine whether or not I should go to the movie theater to watch the new indie film on the block. “How was …
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Day’s Eye Closed
1 month ago

Day’s Eye Closed

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The daisy gets its name from the fact that it opens its petals at daybreak and follows the sun throughout the day as it travels across the sky. The flower …
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Do Our Lives Need a Story?
2 months ago

Do Our Lives Need a Story?

Grau, teurer Freund, ist alle Theorie, Und grün des Lebens goldner Baum.                         –Goethe, Faust, Part One.[i]

 

In explaining his choice to present a Critique of Pure Reason instead …
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Reconciliation, from Wagner to Rammstein
2 months ago

Reconciliation, from Wagner to Rammstein

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Hegel’s pages on Beautiful Soul and the “hard heart” in his Phenomenology[1] reverberate today as an uncanny in-advance critique of Political Correctness. Just recall his claim that moral judgment is …
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Gaza: A Ghastly Window into the Crisis of Global Capitalism
2 months ago

Gaza: A Ghastly Window into the Crisis of Global Capitalism

As the world watches in horror over the mounting death toll of Palestinian civilians and Israel faces charges before the International Court of Justice for the Crime of Genocide, the …
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