Debates

The Moment of Moments

The setting couldn’t have been more vibrant. The Estadio Azteca was a cacophony of sound and colour. It was filled to capacity as 114,000 expectant souls …
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An allegedly old Chinese curse (which has nothing to do with China – it was probably invented by some Western observer) says “May you live in interesting times!” Interesting times …
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Michel Foucault has been called many things, from a young conservative to a faux radical, from a neo-liberal to an infantile leftist. Whatever the hermeneutical value of these epithets may …
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The affect-laden political fight against Covid-19 represents today’s dominant ideological battlefield. On the one hand, ‘neutral’ statistics and forecasts determine political decisions as never before. On the other hand, the …
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I got the jab with no hesitation. The risks seemed negligible and the benefits substantial, so when the AstraZeneca vaccine became available to me in March of this year, I …
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Sheep spend their entire lives being afraid of the wolf, but end up eaten by the shepherd. (Popular proverb)

By now it should be clear that COVID-19 is, essentially, a …
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It’s late, really late. You’re still scrolling through Facebook/Youtube/Instagram/TikTok. Your back hurts, your neck aches, you’re worn out. You’ve accomplished, you feel, nothing. In fact, where did the minutes, the …
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The pandemic has largely been an unmitigated disaster, except for the successful application of mRNA vaccines. But from the perspective of psychology and political theory, it has been a fascinating …
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Philosophers tend to think that what they are doing is not mere technique. For a technique, according to philosophers, can be practiced mindlessly, meaning that technicians do not need to inquire into …
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We are witnessing lately a gradual decay of the authority of what Jacques Lacan called “the big Other,” the shared space of public values within which only our differences and …
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