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Nakba Day Links: 1948 and its Legacy
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Stalin’s NYT obituary
Published 57 years ago today. It’s hard to imagine any remotely mainstream American publication taking a comparably admiring view of Stalin now. Aside from some very marginal communist organizations’ newsletters, Zizek in his more provocative moods, and the tragicomic KFA, … Continue reading
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Tolkien stickin’ it to the Nazis
Although it might seem unlikely that anyone would wonder whether the author of The Lord of the Rings was Jewish, the Nazis took no chances. When the publishing firm of Ruetten & Loening was negotiating with J. R. R. Tolkien … Continue reading
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Space, Dwelling…Microwaves?
Maybe. Video of Bruno Latour and Peter Sloterdijk at Harvard available here. (Link happily discovered on http://www.anthem-group.net/, so thanks to the intriguing hivemind that runs things over there!)
Filed under Linkslinkslinks, Philosophy
A triumvirate of nerds philosophers dims the post-election afterglow…
Simon Critchley “Obama’s politics is governed by an anti-political fantasy. It is the call to find common ground, [to] put aside our differences and achieve union. Obama’s politics is governed by a longing for unity, for community, for communion and … Continue reading
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Post-midterm Linkshare
Patrick Cockburn on the Surge Once again, Chomsky advises swing state residents to vote Democratic. The Washington Post says al-Qaeda has endorsed John McCain. Zizek has been doing public debates as part of his book tour for Violence. Here is … Continue reading
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Only Surfin’ for Procrastinatory Links
NPR’s Weekend America just aired an interesting segment on the problem of ignorant American voters. Apparently, Only two out of five Americans can name the three branches of the federal government. Only one in seven can find Iraq on a … Continue reading
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