5 years ago
When a Virus Mutates with Ideology: Fear-Mongering for the ‘Wellbeing of the Neighbour’
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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5 years ago
My Half-Vaxxed Daughter
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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5 years ago
The Central Bankers’ Long Covid: An Incurable Condition
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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5 years ago
The Monetization of Masochism
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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5 years ago
Masks and Masculinity: Gender, Collectivism & Problems of Authority in a Pandemic
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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5 years ago
Philosophy and Technique: Reflecting Seven Years after Leaving Engineering
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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5 years ago
Les Non-Dupes Errent
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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5 years ago
What is happening now in Brazil? What is happening is the “It has already happened”
September 7, 1822 is the date of Brazilian independence. Brazil became independent in a very particular suffering way, as every suffering struggle for independence suffers in its own way. Indeed, …
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5 years ago
St. Hildegard of Bingen and Us
My initial engagement with Hildegard’s writings and especially with her notion of viriditas (literally: the greening green; figuratively: a self-refreshing vegetal power of creation ingrained in all finite beings) in …
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5 years ago
Fichte. Seriously.
In the English-speaking world Johann Gottlieb Fichte (17623-1814) is treated as what one might call a footnote philosopher, mentioned—if at all—only in connection with someone or something else. He is …
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