4 years ago
Stasis @ The Salon 3. The Death Drive of Evolution, or Her Shitty Highness, The Human
Freud considers psychoanalysis to be an even more wounding blow than Darwin’s recognition of human beings as descended from the animal kingdom. Elaborating on Freud, in his first two seminars …
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4 years ago
Beautiful Chaos: The Passion of Maradona
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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4 years ago
Beyond a Neoconservative Communism
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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4 years ago
Small Words, Big Consequences. On Michel Foucault’s Genealogy of the Critical Attitude
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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4 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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4 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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