Michael Phillips
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And I think, of course, for me, due to my pet interest, all of these instances of continuing to pervert and misuse philosophical terms that have meanings developed over hundreds and thousands of years for these political ends is very upsetting.
Yeah. I mean, a really simple one that I talk about way too much is Kierkegaard's The Present Age, which you find in this book called Two Ages that's easy to buy. It's normally really cheap or you can just read it online someplace that kind of describes a society in which people get caught up in media and reflection and the BS they are told rather than developing their subjectivity for themselves.
Yeah. I mean, a really simple one that I talk about way too much is Kierkegaard's The Present Age, which you find in this book called Two Ages that's easy to buy. It's normally really cheap or you can just read it online someplace that kind of describes a society in which people get caught up in media and reflection and the BS they are told rather than developing their subjectivity for themselves.
Yeah. I mean, a really simple one that I talk about way too much is Kierkegaard's The Present Age, which you find in this book called Two Ages that's easy to buy. It's normally really cheap or you can just read it online someplace that kind of describes a society in which people get caught up in media and reflection and the BS they are told rather than developing their subjectivity for themselves.
I think that one's really great in terms of more contemporary stuff. I've been very Frederick Jameson-pilled recently. Nice, nice. I mean, I've read Jameson before on and off, but recently dove in more deeply. And there's one... Okay, I have it at arm's reach so I can say the title correctly. that I've really been enjoying.
I think that one's really great in terms of more contemporary stuff. I've been very Frederick Jameson-pilled recently. Nice, nice. I mean, I've read Jameson before on and off, but recently dove in more deeply. And there's one... Okay, I have it at arm's reach so I can say the title correctly. that I've really been enjoying.
I think that one's really great in terms of more contemporary stuff. I've been very Frederick Jameson-pilled recently. Nice, nice. I mean, I've read Jameson before on and off, but recently dove in more deeply. And there's one... Okay, I have it at arm's reach so I can say the title correctly. that I've really been enjoying.
It's called An American Utopia, Dual Power and the Universal Army by Frederick Jameson, edited by Slavoj Zizek. And it's this large Jameson essay about what he sees as an alternative for leftist power in America, responses from a bunch of other scholars.
It's called An American Utopia, Dual Power and the Universal Army by Frederick Jameson, edited by Slavoj Zizek. And it's this large Jameson essay about what he sees as an alternative for leftist power in America, responses from a bunch of other scholars.
It's called An American Utopia, Dual Power and the Universal Army by Frederick Jameson, edited by Slavoj Zizek. And it's this large Jameson essay about what he sees as an alternative for leftist power in America, responses from a bunch of other scholars.
I have found it very interesting, but for me at least, I find comfort in the fact that others have accurately diagnosed and understood what is happening right now, and at least give us the tools, to understand the thing so it feels less nebulous and mysterious.
I have found it very interesting, but for me at least, I find comfort in the fact that others have accurately diagnosed and understood what is happening right now, and at least give us the tools, to understand the thing so it feels less nebulous and mysterious.
I have found it very interesting, but for me at least, I find comfort in the fact that others have accurately diagnosed and understood what is happening right now, and at least give us the tools, to understand the thing so it feels less nebulous and mysterious.
Someone else already did it.