In the chaotic flurry of consternation, excitement, and viral postmortems that followed the US election, two notions stood out to me as slightly contradictory yet strangely connected: the dreaded concept of “post-truth,” and the prescience of a philosopher who supposedly predicted Trump 18 years ago. “Post-truth” describes the blatant disregard for facts that has been Continue Reading …
Philosophy of History XXIX: Hayden White: Postmodernism in History
Knowledge is a product of wrestling not only with the 'facts' but with ourselves. Where alternative visions of reality are not entertained as genuine possibilities, the product of thought tends toward blandness and unearned self-confidence. –Hayden White Hayden White (1928– ) is an American literary theorist and historiographer whose work is strongly associated with the Continue Reading …
Not School: Derrida’s “Writing and Difference”
Rian Mitch and Paul Harris discuss the third essay in the book. Recorded on 2/19/13. Does anything lie beyond a text? Can we understand being outside of writing? Continue Reading …