Media Are Elemental: Marvelous Clouds
Welcome to our new blog series: “Media Are Elemental.”
Media Are Elemental: Gerunding
Posted on October 21, 2015
in Infernal Machine
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A philosophy of elemental media will need to take up the cause of the gerund.
T. S. Eliot on Psychology and the Modern Novel
Eliot credits Dostoevsky with peering into the abyss at least as intently as Freud and his acolytes did, but nevertheless coming away from the experience with a richer, fuller, and, yes, deeper understanding of human psychology.
The Hedgehog’s Array: October 2, 2015
Posted on October 2, 2015
in THR Web Features
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
The Other Neoliberals
While today’s neoliberalism is excoriated for its contribution to inequality (particularly in economic terms), the other neoliberals demonstrated a fondness for compulsory national service and even a return to the military draft as a means to bridge divisions in our society.
The Talking Cure
Posted on October 5, 2015
in THR Web Features
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Sherry Turkle believes that our “capacity for solitude” is undercut by picking up the phone and checking our email.
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