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The Moment of Truth in Israel
12 months ago

The Moment of Truth in Israel

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Israel’s outgoing Council General to New York, Asaf Zamir, has tied his departure to the mass protests in the country, stating that “what we see today in Israel is an …
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Ron DeSantis’ Florida and Soviet Censorship
12 months ago

Ron DeSantis’ Florida and Soviet Censorship

On December 15, 2021, at a rally endorsing the proposed Stop W.O.K.E. Act that he would sign into law in April of 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis declared: “We won’t allow …
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The Epistemic State of Exception
12 months ago

The Epistemic State of Exception

Agamben’s “Configuration of Facts” and Foucault’s “Regime of Truth”

In “The Central Bankers’ Long COVID,” Fabio Vighi observes that the contemporary paradigm of government by crisis fosters a rhetoric of …
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Michel Houellebecq and Pedophilia
1 year ago

Michel Houellebecq and Pedophilia

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Recently, I went to a secondhand book shop in Copenhagen, the one closest to where I live. On the floor, there was a pile of books by Michel Houellebecq. I …
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Daisy Consciousness
1 year ago

Daisy Consciousness

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The daisy opens its petals at dawn to greet the sun. There is an unspoken bond connecting flower and star. Opening its petals at sunrise and closing them at sunset, …
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When a Train and a Tunnel are More (or Less) Than a Train and a Tunnel
1 year ago

When a Train and a Tunnel are More (or Less) Than a Train and a Tunnel

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Even the most simplified and superficial reception of psychoanalysis in mass culture has highlighted the sexual symbolism of cars and trains, unconsciously perceived as replacements for the penis. The modern, …
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Why Politics is Immanently Theological, Part II
1 year ago

Why Politics is Immanently Theological, Part II

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Ethics versus Morality

We often hear today that wokeism and political correctness are gradually receding. Contrary to this opinion, I think that this phenomenon is gradually being “normalized,” widely accepted …
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Why Politics Is Immanently Theological, Part I
1 year ago

Why Politics Is Immanently Theological, Part I

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Why are so many essays entitled “politico-theological treatise”? The answer is that a theory becomes theology when it is part of a full subjective political engagement. As Kierkegaard pointed out, …
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The Spurious Wild of Wilderness
1 year ago

The Spurious Wild of Wilderness

“We have between 150 and 200 bears in the Missoula Valley right now.”[i]

That was Chris Servheen, a former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bear specialist urging the Missoula City …
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ChatGPT and AI-Assisted Futures
1 year ago

ChatGPT and AI-Assisted Futures

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A friend of mine, Shahal Khoso, a PhD student in Spain, shared with me the other week a screenshot of a short paragraph on Martin Heidegger on Lahore’s smog. “A …
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