2 months ago
The Lesson of Superimpositions in Art
Not only is appearance inherent to reality – what we get beyond reality is a weird split in appearance itself, an unheard-of mode designating “the way things really appear to …
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4 months ago
Noncommutativity in the Symbolic and in the (Quantum) Real
What makes quantum mechanics so appealing is that even what appears to be a modest experiment yields, upon a closer analysis, radical philosophical implications. So, let’s begin with such an …
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6 months ago
Some Remarks on the Ontological Implications of Quantum Mechanics
Why am I, as a Hegelian philosopher, so fascinated by quantum mechanics? What we find in quantum physics is something that is usually considered an exclusive feature of the symbolic …
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7 months ago
In Defense of Hegel’s Notion of Monarchy
As is well known, Hegel advocated constitutional monarchy as the only appropriate form of political order that fits modern society. His numerous critics see this weird advocacy either as a …
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9 months ago
Reconciliation, from Wagner to Rammstein
Hegel’s pages on Beautiful Soul and the “hard heart” in his Phenomenology[1] reverberate today as an uncanny in-advance critique of Political Correctness. Just recall his claim that moral judgment is …
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11 months ago
Truth Has the Structure of a Fiction: An Imagined Phone Call
As Peter Hitchens pointed out, all big solutions (two states, one big democratic state…) sound impossible today, and the only glimmer of hope is the renewal of everyday collaboration and …
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12 months ago
Saying, Keeping Silent, and Showing: Notes on a Scandal in Frankfurt
Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darueber muss man schweigen. (Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.)[1]
In this final proposition of his Tractatus Wittgenstein prohibits the impossible. Why …
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1 year ago
Mobilize to Really Slow Down!
As Kohei Saito conclusively demonstrated in his path-breaking contribution to eco-Marxism[1], the only way to achieve real progress today is to problematize the very notion of progress which dominates not …
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1 year ago
Absolute Invariants in Physics and Society
The Albanian prime minister Edi Rama told the following joke at an international conference: “Russia is considering unifying its time zones because there is a nine-hour difference between one side …
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1 year ago
Manipur Is Not Only in India
To a Western European with a vague knowledge of Italian, “Manipur” automatically associates with “mani pulite” (pure hands), the big anti-corruption campaign in the early 1990s that changed the whole …
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