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Can One Be a Hegelian Today?
4 years ago

Can One Be a Hegelian Today?

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I am a Hegelian – but which Hegel am I referring to here? Where am I speaking from?

To simplify it to the utmost, the triad that defines my philosophical …
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What the End of Modern Philosophy Would Look Like
4 years ago

What the End of Modern Philosophy Would Look Like

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Philosophy is, no doubt, the slowest-moving branch of human inquiry. The best proof of this can be seen in its peculiar use of the word “modern.”

When musicians speak of …
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‘We Are All Clowns’ – A Defense of Joker
4 years ago

‘We Are All Clowns’ – A Defense of Joker

Several critics – they are far too many to cite here – have accused Todd Phillips’ film Joker (2019) of glorifying white male victimhood. They seemed convinced that this was …
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Humanitarian Crisis at the Border
4 years ago

Humanitarian Crisis at the Border

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Donald Trump calls the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border a “humanitarian crisis.” He is right, but for the wrong reasons. It is not a crisis in terms of the number …
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The Fall That Makes Us Like God, Part II
4 years ago

The Fall That Makes Us Like God, Part II

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As we have already seen, (some) proponents of Singularity read it in a Hegelian way, as the final reconciliation between mind and reality, as the healing of the wound of …
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The Fall That Makes Us Like God, Part I
5 years ago

The Fall That Makes Us Like God, Part I

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Singularity cannot keep its theological promise to redeem us from the Fall. It may so happen that in post-humanity we will move into another dimension, in which we will no …
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None Dare Call It Fascism
5 years ago

None Dare Call It Fascism

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Comparisons to Hitler are always unwarranted—except when they are warranted.

The movement from democracy to fascism requires a series of institutional transformations that involve a corresponding psychological transformation.  “Only connect,” …
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The Great Slumber… and Then There Were None
5 years ago

The Great Slumber… and Then There Were None

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2019. It has been quite a year of environmental wreckage and we are not done yet. September opened with Category 5 Hurricane Dorian flattening the Bahamas. The low lying topography …
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The Newest New Nativism
5 years ago

The Newest New Nativism

In September of 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his famous Atlanta Compromise speech heralding self-reliance, industrial education, and social segregation, and the black press immediately hailed him as the first …
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Would You Want a Brand to Be Your Friend?
5 years ago

Would You Want a Brand to Be Your Friend?

“Brands that succeed will need to act like humans.” This is how one advertising executive summed up the current stage in the evolution of marketing. In particular, brands will seek …
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