“He was the phenomenon of twenties. When you think that, he was as well-known as Lindbergh. It’s really quite astonishing.” … More
Category: Cultural & Social Theory
“Entartete Kunst” as the Camp: Myth, Art and Politics Under Fascism
Introduction The photograph above taken at 1937, captures Adolf Hitler’s visit to the “Entartete Kunst”, a travelling art exhibition of … More
Eagleton & Freud: Civilization as self-marring?
_ First of all, before responding to Eagleton’s arguments on Freud’s pessimism, I should say that I agree with Eagleton’s … More
Idelber Avelar’s Commentary on Jorge Luis Borges
_ Idelber Avelar, in the second chapter of “The Letter of Violence”, firstly points at the debate between analytic philosophy … More
On the Concept of History
IX _ My wing is ready for flight, I would like to turn back. If I stayed everliving time, I’d … More
Weber vs. Marx: Notes on Urbanism
Max Weber, in “The Nature of the City”, argues on the possible definitions of a city. According to Weber, there … More
Notes on Butler’s Abject & Agamben’s Muselmann
Judith Butler introduces her thoughts on the notion of abjection firstly by debating on notion of construction. According to Butler, … More
Zelig! Foucault? A Review
Chameleon cured by woman doctor! wrote the papers right before Zelig was gifted with the symbolic keys of New York … More
Concept of Enlightenment – Theodor Adorno & Max Horkheimer
_ Concept of Enlightenment is an introductory chapter in Adorno and Horkheimer’s book, Dialectic of Enlightenment, in which they try … More
On Foucault
I’ve recently finished reading Foucault’s History of Sexuality in which he proposes impressive dimensions of thinking on relations between sexuality, … More
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