Shock and austerity. Stock market instability. Stagnant wages and the decline of purchasing power. War. Climate change. Despite these multiplying crises, capitalism retains an essential tool that allows itself to […]

“Reaching back to pure experience, below the level of the fabrications, judgments, and conceptualizations of ordinary consciousness, was Nishida Kitaro’s expression of the heart of Zen practice. The main thrust […]

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Originally posted on Fieldnotes & Footnotes:
? ? It’s true that I often get excited by anthropological theory, but it’s rare that I am this excited and impressed. If you…

Originally posted on Object-Oriented Philosophy:
Jon Cogburn’s inaugural post is HERE. I’m not aware of any analytic philosopher who has made more of an effort than Cogburn (Philosophy, Louisiana State…

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“Anthropologist Ruben Andersson surveys the realities of refugee migration, from the parallel industries of smuggling and security that profit from crisis, to the political and security systems that thrive on […]

interesting bit of history… http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/02/the-coming-anarchy/304670/

Originally posted on queerfragments:
In light of the changes to social and economic organization within Western capitalism after 1989, contemporary feminist thought has once again turned to reconsider the potential…

https://soundcloud.com/the-archipelago/philippe-theophanidis-state-of-exception-cities-2013-boston-and-istanbul “Throughout this conversation with Philippe Theophanidis, we examine two paradigmatic historical examples of cities in the state of exception. We begin with Boston, invested by 2,500 police officers, swat […]

In “Their Morals and Ours”, Leon Trotsky laid out some sobering reflections on justification and sentiment: A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its […]

Adam’s off to a good start here so please lend a hand and share your comments with him.

listen, he said, you ever seen a bunch of crabs in a bucket? no, I told him. well, what happens is that now and then one crab will climb up […]