Hey, folks! Nathan Hanks here, with what's happening in the Partially Examined Life's Citizens' Forum and Not School this January. Members are starting new group proposals and you can join in the discussion this new year. You may be interested in one of these discussions: Introduction to Analytic Philosophy Hegel's Science of Logic Homo Sacer by Giorgio Agamben (Ch. Continue Reading …
Ecce Zizek! Feynman Homo
In the normal functioning of intellectual discourse we expect interlocutors to obliterate themselves before the alter of the Eternal Progress of Human Wisdom, that is, people should not feature amongst that which we praise, contemplate or idolize. That a particular person has offered us an idea is a purely contingent fact: he is merely at the right place and time to do it and Continue Reading …
More on Marx? (on Diet Soap and Elsewhere)
[Editor's Note: Thanks for Doug Lain of the Diet Soap Podcast for weighing in here with his extensive experience with Marxism.] Mark, Seth and Wes finally arrived at the philosopher who matters most over at the pinko podcast Diet Soap. While I plan on writing a response to their comments, and most especially to respond to the problem of this split between base and Continue Reading …