theoretically apraxicIn general I would say that I am interested in apocalyptic philosophy. In other words, philosophies which utilize theological notions of end, rupture, promise, etc. So I find people like Zizek, Badiou and Meillassoux very interesting. But it seems risky to do a PhD exclusively on someone who is releasing a movie and speaking at [...]
This is a cheap, shallow connection backed by little to no technical knowledge or research, but I thought it was interesting, so what the hell. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about why I like Hegel. At first Hegel was the necessary evil that I had to go through to study Lacan, Marx and religion. [...]
‘It was said of R. Eleazar b. Dordai that once, on hearing that there was certain harlot in one of the towns by the sea who accepted a purse of denarii for her hire, he took a purse of denarii and crossed seven rivers for her sake. As he was with her, she broke wind [...]
‘There is no need for contrition or self-accusation; there is little of a sadistic superego or of a masochistic ego in the Jewish concept of sin and repentance.’ – Erich Fromm Clearly Fromm never saw a Woody Allen film.
I am a podcast junky. I have a 20 minute walk to and from my office at the university. When you combine that with time spent walking to and from grocery stores, time spent on trains, and time spent washing dishes, there’s a lot of time to fill with delightful, free entertainment. Mostly I go [...]
This week I concluded an 8-month reading of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. Having finished, I have a few thoughts on the experience and things I would have done differently. – Reading it in a group is definitely the way to go. I met with a four other people each week to discuss relatively small chunks [...]
When the Journal of Applied Philosophy decided to advertise a £1,000 prize for the best essay appearing in their volumes, they probably should not have called it the JAP prize.
I have a slightly polemical piece up on the Post-colonial Theology Network’s Facebook discussion forum. It can be found here.
When I read Milbank’s recent essay on Islam, I planned to write a retort, but was quickly beaten to the punch by Adam. In the following days, others have responded in like (courtesy of Roland Boer who, as you might expect, seems to agree with these responses). Though a full length response seems a bit [...]
I share an iTunes library with my wife. This results in the following unfortunate transitions: – From the Deadweather’s ‘Will there be enough water?’ to whatever the hell is the first track on Deanna Carter’s album Did I Shave My Legs for This? – From Explosions in the Sky to Fall Out Boy – From [...]
