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clintunplugged , 3 days ago to philosophy

in one of my final seminars we discussed #Balibar and the impact of #LeftPopulism on real politics.

turns out none (!) of my (European, Dutch) students had ever heard of either #Podemos or #SYRIZA. they knew #Fidesz and #PiS, but left populism was a primarily theoretical concept to them.

that is perhaps a strong argument against it, no?

@politicaltheory @philosophy

clintunplugged , 12 days ago to histodons

name a more complex conflict than the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)

@histodons #Mexico

clintunplugged , 18 days ago to philosophy

serious (i.e. non-rhetorical) question: why do people consider Slavoj #Zizek a #leftist ? What is #leftwing about his belief system?

@politicaltheory @philosophy

clintunplugged , 1 month ago to poetry

https://cpverdonschot.xyz/blog/translating-the-oppressed/
New blogpost, on #translation and @poetry

What kind of lived experience is it necessary for a translator to have? Is it possible for white authors to translate Black poetry? I argue that while, certainly, lived experience is important for poetry, this does not render translators incapable simply in virtue of their social location.

bibliolater , 1 month ago to archaeodons

Mystery of ancient Roman dodecahedron baffling experts as it goes on display in UK

"Experts said they were ‘no closer’ to finding out what the mysterious Roman object actually was"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/roman-object-mysterious-uk-b2536326.html

#UK #News #Roman #Archaeology #Archaeodons @archaeodons

clintunplugged , 2 months ago to philosophy

The "Lives of Philosophers"-tag on @DailyNous includes only deaths

@philosophy

clintunplugged , 2 months ago to philosophy

Immanuel #Kant would have turned 300 today, and people have been sharing their favourite quote of his in his honour.

Here's mine; arguing why whigmakers deserve to vote, while hairdressers do not.

Happy birthday, you sick puppy!

@philosophy @politicaltheory

and the tailor to whom I give cloth to have it turned into a garment seem to stand in very similar relation to me, each of them is nonetheless distinct, as the hairdresser is distinct from the wig maker (whom I may have even given the hair to for it), or the day laborer s distinct from the artist or artisan, who makes a work that belongs to him as long as he is not paid for it. The latter sells his property as one engaged in a trade to another (opus), while the former grants the use of his powers to another (operam).—It is, I confess, somewhat difficult to determine the requirement for laying claim to the class in which one is one’s own master.

clintunplugged , 2 months ago to philosophy

you may not agree with Jodi Dean's position. but the attempt to silence here, punish her for speaking about her viewpoints, is beyond the pale. anyone who cares about #FreedomOfSpeech or #AcademicFreedom should sign this petition

https://chng.it/TVyrdXcTNv

@philosophy @politicaltheory

clintunplugged , 2 months ago to philosophyofscience

some thoughts on #aesthetics and @philosophyofscience

I've been teaching the philosophy of science even though this is not at all my expertise, but today it struck me that the discipline is similar to aesthetics in several interesting ways.

For one thing, both are latecomers among philosophical fields of study; while both have roots going back to Plato and Aristotle, these sources are part of the disciplines' prehistory. Their real origins lie rather in the modern age.

clintunplugged , 2 months ago to philosophy

attention all stoners, feallsanachd is back!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ba9TmIWkLpU

@philosophy

clintunplugged , 3 months ago to philosophy

a colleague who is involved with this conference told me that the Ethics Lab in Yaoundé is looking for donations. help if you can!

https://www.steunleiden.nl/project/ethicslab

#charity #ethics @philosophy

DominikDammer , 3 months ago to philosophy

some discussions made me think...
is animal ethics really something where philosophy can progress?

like all the "newer" arguments, feel more or less similar to the "old" ones.

the only real way I see is to interdisciplinary combine it. Like "Zoopolis" did with political theory.

do you disagree with me?

@philosophy @philosophie #animalEthics #animalRights #animalEthic #philosophy

clintunplugged , 4 months ago to philosophy

fun fact: when the philosopher Ernst #Bloch died in #Tübingen 1977, he was so beloved by students that the local student union renamed the university "Ernst-Bloch Universität", a name which they insisted upon until 2017 when students complained that not all of them shared Bloch's political views.

#studentpolitics @philosophy

clintunplugged , 4 months ago to philosophy

#CornelWest, objectively the most cogent candidate running for the US presidency this year, says: "the condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak".

In this snippet from The Examined Life (2008, dir. Astra Taylor), prof. West clarifies that he inherits the thought from #Adorno. But I wonder: is it a direct quote? Where does it appear in Adorno's corpus? Certainly it fits well within his philosophy, but I can't seem to find the exact passage...

@philosophy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfD3X3f5C_w

clintunplugged , 4 months ago to philosophy

Does anybody have a clue what kind of rash #Adorno could be referring to in the bit I highlighted here (from Minima Moralia, fragment "Health unto death").

Was there a kind of strange make-up that people used in #1940s USA (where Adorno wrote this book)?

@philosophy

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

Picked up a copy of Albrecht Wellmer's #Endgames recently. It is dedicated "For the #PolarBears".

I seem to recall this was a #German or perhaps #Austrian #protest movement, but I can find nothing about it online...

@philosophy

Dedication: "Für die Eisbären"

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

In "#Naked, #fat, and fabulous", A.W. Eaton argues that life model sessions can serve as a #SafeSpace for fat bodies, a place where fat people can achieve creative autonomy and feel celebrated.

#aesthetics @philosophy
https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16942

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

Photographic #colonialism: what to do with so-called 'physical type' photos? Can we treat them as portraits instead of mere stereotypes? Does this change the nature of the photos? Michelle Green and Hans Maes offer clarity on these issues

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16888

#Photography #portrait #aesthetics @philosophy #AesthInv20232

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

Why is the relation between #model and #artist uniquely suited for the production of #art? In his contribution to Aesthetic Investigations 6 (2), Tzachi Zamir considers four questions arising from the model/artist relationship, in order to shed light on it. #aesthetics @philosophy

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/14686

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

Does it matter who poses? In her article, Aurélie Debaene argues that it does: models are not mere props in the creation of artworks, understanding their contribution impacts our understanding of a work, and the process of modelling also has #aesthetic value considered for itself. #AesthInv20232 @philosophy #aesthetics
https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16890

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

How is a #portrait typically made? In 'Constructing and using the portrait sitting as an art-historical research object', Dawn Kanter argues against the prevalent view that it is solely up to the #artist who creates the portrait. Drawing on the art history of portraits in the National Portrait Gallery (London, UK), Kanter shows that the #sitter is often just as important in impact on the final result. #AesthInv20232 @philosophy @arthistory

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/article/view/16887

clintunplugged , 5 months ago to philosophy

Aesthetic Investigations is out just in time to ring in the new year! This issue: 'Models and Sitters' a special issue on the #art and #aesthetics of #posing

https://aestheticinvestigations.eu/issue/view/1252

#model #portrait #nude @philosophy #AesthInv20232

clintunplugged , 6 months ago to philosophy

the Anglo-Saxons have invaded EJP, I repeat, the Anglo-Saxons have invaded EJP!

@philosophy

clintunplugged , 6 months ago to poetry

sharing a poem from the birdsite because it is heartbreakingly beautiful; a poem by Refaat Alareer, who was killed yesterday in an Israeli airstrike: "If I must die"

@poetry #CeasefireNow

clintunplugged , 6 months ago to philosophy

Old book find! Was flicking through this one (a collection of writings bij Leibniz, German language, published 1906), when I found that nobody ever bothered to cut open the folia in the back. How cool is that! @philosophy @bookstodon

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clintunplugged , 6 months ago to philosophy

I'm puzzled today by ordinary language philosophy, the original 1950s Oxford variety: supposedly, Ryle, Austin, and others took their cues from Wittgenstein, but, contrary to the entire thrust of Wittgenstein's thinking, they never relinquished the idea that it makes sense to think about the meaning of words from the abstractive, distortive, and privileged confines of the Oxford college halls

@philosophy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVQrpok9KPA

clintunplugged , 6 months ago to poetry

I'm doing a seminar in a few weeks on #Heidegger and #poetry, and obviously, his reading of #Hölderlin is on the menu. However! I've never quite warmed to Heidegger's readings of Hölderlin, nor indeed his understanding of poetry in general. Does anyone know of a good (published, peer-reviewed) criticism that challenges Heidegger's reading of Hölderlin head-on?

@philosophy @poetry #aesthetics

clintunplugged , 7 months ago to philosophy

it occurs to me that the most persistent prejudice among (contemporary) philosophers and people in general when it comes to philosophical #aesthetics, is NOT subjectivism (roughly: the idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder). Rather, it is formalism, the eye that beauty is a matter purely of a thing's formal features (composition, structure, tone, feel) and nothing to do with its substantive features (what it signifies, what it is about, etc.)

@philosophy

josep_gasol , 8 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to philosophy

Any bibliographic recommendations where I can find #structuralinjustice related to #animalethics? I am considering writing my master's thesis on this topic starting from Iris Marion Young and incorporating Martha Nussbaum and Tom Regan as possible starting points. Thank you very much 📚 @philosophy