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12 Nov 2021

On the Feline Negation of Otherness

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Selfie with Cat (01-01-20)   I.    Many thinkers in various disciplines, including philosophy, like to affirm a notion of otherness - or ra...
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8 Nov 2021

And Fungal Life Shall Triumph

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And Fungal Life Shall Triumph (SA/2021)     To be honest, I draw no inspiration whatsoever from COP26: both delegates and protestors leave m...
7 Nov 2021

Reflections on The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (Part 2: From The Pedagogy of Seeing to Burnout Society)

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Byung-Chul Han in the documentary film Müdigkeitsgesellschaft -  Byung-Chul Han in Seoul/Berlin (dir. Isabella Gresser, 2015)  Click here ...

Reflections on The Burnout Society by Byung-Chul Han (Part 1: From Neuronal Power to Vita Activa)

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Stanford University Press (2015)     I.    Many years ago, I wrote a short novel that dealt with existential themes of boredom, fatigue, wor...
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4 Nov 2021

If We Could Talk to the Animals

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Sperm whale ( Physeter macrocephalus )     They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains  the hottest blood of all ... [1]     As far as I ...
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3 Nov 2021

Reflections on The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han (Part 2: From Porn to The End of Theory)

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Byung-Chul Han   IV.    Whilst philosophe du moment Byung-Chul Han gives reference to the four great Bs of 20th-century French philosophy -...

Reflections on The Agony of Eros by Byung-Chul Han (Part 1: From Melancholia to Bare Life)

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The MIT Press (2017)     I.    Neue deutsche Denke are a bit like buses; you wait ages for one to come along, then two or three arrive on t...
31 Oct 2021

Reflections Beneath an Old Tree at Halloween

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Halloween Tree (SA/2021)     It's amusing how, at Halloween, everyday objects can take on a slightly spooky aspect (and I'm not just...
27 Oct 2021

Holocaust Impiety: Notes on Belsen Was a Gas

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Sex Pistols Sid Vicious and Johnny Rotten on stage at the  Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, Texas (Jan 10, 1978)   Belsen was a gas I heard the o...