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Category Archives: Ethics
On Reading Schmitt II: Pluri-versality
Continuing on my reading of Schmitt‘s The Concept of the Political, I have a few comments. In section 6 Schmitt develops his notion of a pluri-versal world as opposed to a uni-versal one. Essentially, Schmitt refuses the idea of a global, uni-versal … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Public Opinion
Tagged Carl Schmitt, economics, Politics, universalism
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On Religious Tolerance in Rhode Island
The question of whether religion has a place in civic life has been a constant source of controversy since the emergence of modern liberal-democratic societies—since it was within them that this very notion of civic or public life first came … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Public Opinion, Religion, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged church and state separation, Foucault, Kant, philosophy, religion
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Margin Call (2011), or a Report on the Banality of Greed
So far, few movies have been as successful as J. C. Chandor’s Margin Call (2011) in portraying the events of the 2008 economic crisis. In fact, the movie achieves something only a few among the best films in history have … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Evil, Films, Philosophy, Politics, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged films, filosofía, financial crisis, greed, Margin Call
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On Reading Schmitt
I’m reading Carl Schmitt’s The Concept of the Political. Although familiar with his ideas, I confess that I have never read this his most-influential work before. And… well, so far I still don’t like it. Everything makes perfect sense, yes! But … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Antagosnimo, Carl Schmitt, politica, Politics
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Žižek, Bosteels y Buck-Morss sobre cristianismo, activismo y ética
Como parte de la conferencia Communism, a New Beginning?, Slavoj Žižek, Bruno Bosteels y Susan Buck-Morss se reunieron hoy en Cooper Union, Nueva York, para discutir la intersección de la ética, la religión y la política en el marco de la … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Philosophy, Politics, Public Opinion, Religion, Slavoj Žižek
Tagged conferencia, filosofía, Marxism, Slavoj Žižek
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