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Archive Fire: on clear and present morality

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On clear and present morality. In “ Their Morals and Ours. 8221;, Leon Trotsky laid out some sobering reflections on justification and sentiment:. A means can be justified only by its end. But the end in its turn needs to be justified. From the Marxist point of view, which expresses the historical interests of the proletariat, the end is justified if it leads to increasing the power of man [sic] over nature and to the abolition of the power of man [sic] over man [sic]…. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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beyond the academy | gonepublic: philosophy, politics, & public life

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Gonepublic: philosophy, politics, and public life. Blogged to you by Noëlle McAfee. May 19, 2008. May 19, 2008. I’ve mentioned before here that I’m putting on a conference next month, Beyond the Academy: Engaging Public Life. At lunch today with my good friend Rich Harwood. The work means for others but. The work is meaningful for others. I would venture to say that all of us academics, artists, politicians, entrepreneurs, bus drivers, cooks, and lineman want our endeavors to resonate in a public wor...

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Bahrain | gonepublic: philosophy, politics, & public life

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Gonepublic: philosophy, politics, and public life. Blogged to you by Noëlle McAfee. Ziad Majed on the Middle East & Democracy. February 21, 2011. February 21, 2011. An Interview with Ziad Majed. To get a better perspective on the prospects for democracy in the Middle East, GonePublic’s author, Noelle McAfee, interviewed Lebanese intellectual and activist Ziad Majed. How might or might not the year 2011 be the Middle Eastern equivalent to Eastern Europe’s 1989? We can definitely consider that 2011 in the ...

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gonepublic: philosophy, politics, & public life | blogged to you by Noëlle McAfee | Page 2

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Gonepublic: philosophy, politics, and public life. Blogged to you by Noëlle McAfee. Neoliberalism, the Street, and the Forum (or what the Eurozone could learn from the Greek left). July 2, 2015. February 27, 2016. My Greek Uncle Rathos spent two months living in the dark. In September 2011, in response to pressure from its European creditors, the Greek government imposed a new property tax to be paid via electric utility bills. [1]. There is no alternative, the people are told Continue reading →. Subvent...

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children | gonepublic: philosophy, politics, & public life

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Gonepublic: philosophy, politics, and public life. Blogged to you by Noëlle McAfee. Revisiting “Women, Children, and Philosophy”. February 11, 2014. On 11/25/2007 I posted on the dilemma of being a mother and a philosopher. I’m wondering now how it seems for younger women / parents in philosophy. So have a look at that old stream. And comment here. Are accommodations at conferences any better? Do you feel that tug between thinking and parenting? Women, Children, and Philosophy. November 25, 2007. Or is i...

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civil society | gonepublic: philosophy, politics, & public life

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Gonepublic: philosophy, politics, and public life. Blogged to you by Noëlle McAfee. Twenty years ago today…. November 9, 2009. November 9, 2009. It was twenty years ago today that…. How do you finish that sentence? There are plenty obvious ways:. 8230;that the wall came down. 8230;that the Cold War ended. 8230;that Communism failed. 8230;that capitalism (or was it democracy? Or are these even interchangeable? Okay, it was some of all of that, though with Slavoj Zizek. Civil Society, or the Public Sphere?

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Archive Fire: Relative Universalism?

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International policies for the protection of the Environment rest on a very specific conception of nature, which appeared in Europe during the Enlightenment. This conception is far from being shared by all the peoples of the earth, who value different cosmological principles. According to Philippe Descola, the preservation of biodiversity can only become fully effective if it takes into account this plurality in the understanding of nature. Here is a lengthy quote from Philippe Descola’s “.

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Archive Fire: the revolution will be commercialized

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The revolution will be commercialized. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.". If there existed a category. For the kind of creature. I seem to be i would inevitably destroy. The Metaphysics of Meaning - Part 1. The revolution will be commercialized. Are concepts a substance? He who fights monsters must take care lest he become a monster.". In defense of marxism. Psyche, flesh and the ambient order. Keepers of the water. Ask and ye shall receive.

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Archive Fire: July 2013

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Whatever you do, you need courage. It has been said that pain transforms - but I don't want to be transformed like that. Sometimes being brave is the only thing a person can do. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.". If there existed a category. For the kind of creature. I seem to be i would inevitably destroy. Whatever you do, you need courage. He who fights monsters must take care lest he become a monster.". In defense of marxism. Keepers of the water.