Category Archives: Politics

Eagleton on Occupy Herod’s Temple

Posted on November 4, 2011 by admin

The Guardian is carrying today a witty piece by Terry Eagleton on the Occupy London movement.  Since the London equivalent to Occupy Wall Street is “occupying” the emblematic St Paul Cathedral, one of the Church of England most iconic temples, Eagleton uses his piece to … Continue reading →

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On Reading Schmitt

Posted on October 26, 2011 by admin

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 →

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1911: Bertrand Russell’s Miraculous Year

Posted on October 16, 2011 by admin

A miracle of love At the end of August 1911, Bertrand Russell wrote a letter to his good friend Lucy Martin Donnelly in which he describes his emotional state as “happier than” he has ever been “for many years.” The … Continue reading →

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Žižek, Bosteels y Buck-Morss sobre cristianismo, activismo y ética

Posted on October 15, 2011 by admin

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 →

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Terry Eagleton on faith

Posted on September 5, 2011 by admin

In a recent article, Terry Eagleton takes to task Westerners’ anxiety towards Islam. For him, what scares Western civilization about Islam is not suicide-bombers or building-crashing airplanes but the scandalous apprehension generated by a comeback to a world ruled by (religious) faith. Faith—or rather … Continue reading →

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