People cling onto identities… it is a world opposed to the encounter
What is an encounter?
It is a contingent, chance element of existence. Something happens to you that nothing among your existing world’s points of reference...
After the party: an interview with Wang Hui
Wang Hui and En Liang Khong
13. January 2014
The luminary of China’s emergent “New Left” speaks about the lessons of labour unrest, the Cultural Revolution...
BEYOND MARX’S INDIA – FANATISM OF IDENTITY CRISIS ? : A Clarification
by Aijaz Ahmad
There is a large and now fairly old tradition of cultural criticism which addresses the issues of empire as well as the...
Spoilt for choice or spoilt by choice?
Renata Salecl
Now that Australia has made its choice - sort of - The Philosopher's Zone looks as the very idea of choice. Much more...
Oligarchs, Demagogues, And Mass Revolts Against Democracy
By James Petras
December 28, 2013
In ancient Rome, especially during the late Republic, oligarchs resorted to mob violence to block, intimidate, assassinate or drive from...
THE TYRANNY OF FREEDOM
From consumer goods to romantic relationships, choice is celebrated as a means to greater liberalism and freedom. But some say an overload of options...
Post-Modern Spiritual New Age music
Deva Premal -(born in 1970 in Nürnberg, Germany) is a musician known for her meditative spiritual New Age music, which puts ancient Sanskrit mantras...
දේශපාලන කජු කෑම
සමාජ ක්රමයක් පවතින තැනින් ඊට වඩා උසස් තලයකට ඔසවා තැබීම යනු සංකීර්ණ ක්රියාදාමයකි. මේ යුගයේ බහුතරයක් දෙනා අපෙන් අසන සරළ ප්රශ්නය මෙච්චරයි. අපි දන්නවා...
“One of Our Greatest Coups”: The CIA & the Capture of Nelson Mandela
As South Africa prepares to hold a state funeral for Nelson Mandela, we look at how the CIA helped the South African government track...
Mandela’s Socialist Failure
By SLAVOJ ZIZEK
In the last two decades of his life, Nelson Mandela was celebrated as a model of how to liberate a country from...
‘There Is a Clash of Civilizations’
French Philosopher Finkielkraut
'There Is a Clash of Civilizations'
Interview Conducted by Mathieu von Rohr and Romain Leick
French society is under threat, argues philosopher Alain Finkielkraut...
