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Plagiarism or Inspiration?
4 hours ago

Plagiarism or Inspiration?

After wearing glasses for a while, you stop noticing them on your nose because the brain filters out the information as irrelevant. Life, after all, is tiring and demands maximum …
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Marx’s Theory of Commodity Fetishism and Capital as a Subject
1 week ago

Marx’s Theory of Commodity Fetishism and Capital as a Subject

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In a fascinating essay “Marx’s Coat,” Peter Stallybrass traces the origins of the concept of fetishism with the help of thinkers such as William Pietz, Marcel Mauss and others to …
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Leisure Is on the Ballot: The Message of My Father
2 weeks ago

Leisure Is on the Ballot: The Message of My Father

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Philosophers do not often write about their fathers. Perhaps this is because the fathers of philosophers are not typically attuned to philosophy. Philosophy is nothing if it is not critical, …
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Who’s Winning?
3 weeks ago

Who’s Winning?

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‘The West has become a totalitarian space – the space of a self-defensive hegemony defending itself against its own weakness.’ (Jean Baudrillard)

One of the most frequently referenced scenes in …
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The Antinomies of The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Challenges to Feminist Theory
4 weeks ago

The Antinomies of The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Challenges to Feminist Theory

Solidarity and Disagreements in Feminism in the Wake of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine 

When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began on 24 February 2022, feminists from different parts of the …
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The Palestinian Problem as a Problem of Being
1 month ago

The Palestinian Problem as a Problem of Being

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In the first pages of The Souls of Black Folk, W. E. B. Du Bois famously meditates on the question, “How does it feel to be a problem?”[i] This is …
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The “Beautiful Soul” Syndrome of the Israeli Military
1 month ago

The “Beautiful Soul” Syndrome of the Israeli Military

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Question: how can a nineteenth-century German philosopher — namely Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel — shed light on the actions of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) toward Palestinian people in 2024? …
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The Kafka Problem: A Few Uncertain Reflections on Weakness
2 months ago

The Kafka Problem: A Few Uncertain Reflections on Weakness

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A reader soon realizes that any attempt to capture the irreducible singularity of Kafka, either the man or the writer, necessarily ends in failure. Even after a hundred years of …
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Thinking About Freedom in Wartime Ukraine
2 months ago

Thinking About Freedom in Wartime Ukraine

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The subject that I have chosen for myself is thinking about freedom in wartime Ukraine. The basis for this title is a conference that I ran together with some friends …
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The Daring of Kindness
2 months ago

The Daring of Kindness

When we are born, we open our eyes to the unknown. Our senses barely manage to weave together the whispers of consciousness, which will take several years to build up …
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