Where the Humanities Aren’t in Crisis
The benefits of the humanities have danced so gracefully through these tutorials that it’s never occurred to any of us to ask what’s the point.
Talk with the Hand!
Posted on November 15, 2021
Image: Chirogram from John Bulwer's Chirologia, 1644. Via Wikimedia Commons.
I observed that the most effective communicators delivered the most histrionic performances.
Between Utopia and Disaster
by
Malloy Owen
Posted on November 11, 2021
Image: Still from Meta's Metaverse announcement video. October 28, 2021. Via Youtube.
The modern state is founded on a dream—the dream of perfect knowledge that secures perfect power.
The Kierkegaardian Leap of Climate Activism
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Rhoda Feng
Posted on November 8, 2021
Image: Students protest during climate change strike. Melbourne, Australia, March 13, 2020. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Throughout the book, Sherrell eschews the phrase “climate crisis,” substituting a much more nebulous term: “the Problem.”
The Wisdom Hypothesis
Posted on November 4, 2021
Image: Gaziantep "Gaia" Mosaic. Zeugma Museum. Via Wikimedia Commons.
Even defenders of the idea today such as Bruno Latour admit that Gaia in the original Greek context is “a figure of violence."
The Silencing of the Lambs
Posted on October 26, 2021
Image: The Sheep and the Hunted Wolf by William Samuel Howitt [1811]. Via Wikimedia Commons.
We are here to ponder the longue durée of mutton in an age of capitalist wolves.