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10 11, 2008

Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life

By |2016-01-12T21:10:51+02:00November 10th, 2008|philosophy, politics|0 Comments

Radical Atheism: Derrida and the Time of Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics), Martin Hagglund "It is a masterful performance and one cannot help but be convinced in the end... Radical Atheism is a brilliant and most original work that is certain to be read, argued with, commented on, and frequently cited. It carves out a way of reading and interpreting Derrida—indeed all of Derrida, from early to late works—that every reader of Derrida will have to reckon with." Michael Naas, DePaul University "Impeccably argued, Radical Atheism is bound to have a significant impact on Derrida scholarship. By developing the logic of survival, Hägglund convincingly demonstrates that Derrida is essentially a philosopher of life, but of the only life there is—the life of finite beings—and hence a radical thinker of temporality. It is a very courageous book as well that critically takes issue with the negative theologians' appropriation of Derrida and makes [...]

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1 10, 2008

time to withdraw and think.

By |2016-01-12T21:11:04+02:00October 1st, 2008|politics|0 Comments

In New York on the last day of an American tour, absorbing the demise of Yankee Stadium and maybe of Wall Street as we thought we knew it, Zizek’s talk is a blast-furnace but not a blur. The theme through all Zizek’s gags is that the financial meltdown marks a seriously dangerous moment — dangerous not least because, as in the interpretation of 9.11, the right wing is ready to impose a narrative. And the left wing is caught without a narrative or a theory. “Today is the time for theory,” he says. “Time to withdraw and think.” speech Here is the original post.

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18 09, 2008

Bernard-Henri Lévy & Slavoj Žižek: Violence & the Left in Dark Times

By |2016-01-12T21:11:04+02:00September 18th, 2008|politics|0 Comments

Bernard-Henri Lévy, France's "rock-star philosopher," and Slavoj Žižek, the Slovanian "Elvis of cultural theory," will scrutinize the totalitarianisms of the past as well as those of the future, as they argue for a new political and moral vision for our times and investigate the limits of tolerance. Does the advent of capitalism cause more violence than it prevents? Is there violence in the simple idea of the neighbor? asks Zizek in Violence: Six Sideways Reflections. Are human rights Western or Universal? How is it that progressives themselves-those who in the past d efended individual rights and fought fascism-have now become the breeding ground for new kinds of dangerous attitudes? asks Lévy in Left in Dark Times: A Stand Against New Barbarism. speech Live from the NYPL is here.

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6 08, 2008

is obama a pomo?

By |2016-01-12T21:11:05+02:00August 6th, 2008|politics|0 Comments

What happens when a US senator says that "sin is being out of alignment with my values"? Is he a secular or a pomo? Here is an article that tries to expose Obama's ideas. Obama the postmodernist In the Illinois senator’s world, words have no fixed meaning, and truth is often just a matter of perspective.

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18 07, 2008

Zizek: Irish No !

By |2016-01-12T21:11:05+02:00July 18th, 2008|politics|0 Comments

Σε συνέχεια του άρθρου του Habermas [>>] [>>] περι του Ευρωπαικού "όχι" των Ιρλανδών στο δημοψήφισμα για την επικύρωση του Συμφώνου της Λισσαβόνας ακολουθεί η θέση του Slavoj Zizek. Original Article English translation Greek translation: thrymmata.blogspot.com Update 18/7: Zizek: Οι Ευρωπαίοι θέλουν περισσότερη Ευρώπη " Πριν περίπου δέκα μέρες, στις 8 Ιουλίου 2008, η ισπανική εφημερίδα El País φιλοξένησε το παρακάτω άρθρο του Slavoj Zizek, στο οποίο σχολιάζεται ο τρόπος που η ελίτ της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης αντιμετώπισε το Ιρλανδικό Όχι στο δημοψήφισμα για την επικύρωση του Συμφώνου της Λισσαβόνας. Το πρόβλημα, λέει ο Zizek, δεν είναι μόνο η υπεροψία της Ευρωπαϊκής γραφειοκρατίας απέναντι στην βούληση της πλειοψηφίας ενός λαού, αλλά και κάτι το χειρότερο: η αδυναμία του στάτους κβο της ΕΕ να συλλάβει τις ανησυχίες των Ευρωπαίων πολιτών για την λειτουργία της δημοκρατίας και για τους αντιδημοκρατικούς σχεδιασμούς της εξουσίας των εμπειρογνωμόνων, κάτι που, σε τελευταία ανάλυση, μεταφράζεται στους διαφορετικούς [...]

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22 06, 2008

And the Wheels Stopped Turning

By |2016-01-12T21:11:05+02:00June 22nd, 2008|politics|0 Comments

A SEARCH FOR EUROPE'S FUTURE By Jürgen Habermas European governments are at their wits' end. It is time for them to admit it -- and let the public decide about the future of the European Union. and everything comes to a grinding halt. The farmers are upset about falling global prices and the new regulations constantly coming from Brussels. Those at the bottom of the social ladder are upset about the growing gap between rich and poor, especially evident in a country where both groups live in close proximity. The citizens despise their own politicians, who promise the world but who lack perspective and do not (cannot) deliver. And then along comes a referendum over a treaty that is too complicated to be understood. EU membership has been more or less advantageous. Why should anything be changed? Doesn't the strengthening of European institutions necessarily lead to a weakening of democratic [...]

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16 02, 2008

το τέλος της τέχνης στον Αντόρνο και τον Ντεμπόρ

By |2016-01-12T21:11:29+02:00February 16th, 2008|art, philosophy, politics|1 Comment

H κριτική της αξίας δεν σχετίστηκε από τη σύλληψή της με τη θεωρία της καταστασιακής διεθνούς (situationists international), δεν υπάρχει λοιπόν κάποια εκ γενετής συγγένεια μεταξύ τους. Όποιος όμως θέλει να αποφύγει τον κίνδυνο η καταστασιακή θεωρία, από εκρηκτικός μηχανισμός στον καιρό της, να υποβιβαστεί σήμερα πλήρως και αμαχητί σε μουσειοποιημένο «πολιτιστικό αγαθό», οφείλει να προσπαθεί, πέρα από τις διάφορες οπισθοδρομικές τελετουργικές χειρονομίες αναβίωσης, να κάνει σήμερα αυτό που οι καταστασιακοί επιχειρούσαν στην εποχή τους: Nα μην θεωρεί τίποτε αυτονόητο και να αναζητά συνεχώς νέες προσεγγίσεις της κριτικής της κοινωνίας. Σε αυτό το πεδίο, η κριτική της αξίας αποτελεί σίγουρα μια από τις λίγες υπάρχουσες συνεισφορές. [anselm-jappe-ebook, http://www.disobey.net/hotel/]

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