critiquing ideology
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible” – Albert Einstein. If we’re just a bunch of atoms, a combination of elements formed from supernovas, can we ever arrive at an adequate explanation for consciousness?
Read More…Some light reading to cure a Sunday hangover: HUGO: Inaugurators will be training liquidation officers, while liquidation officers will be training inaugurators. DIRECTOR: And will it then be inaugurated by a liquidation officer trained by an inaugurator, or by an inaugurator trained by a liquidation officer? HUGO: Another training will have to be organized. Inaugurationally […]
Read More…Excerpts from a Toastmasters speech I gave several years ago, on the benefits of green tea. Camellia sinensis. Sounds like a terrifying disease, or an obscure type of cheese. Actually, it is the species of shrub used to produce green tea. I don’t know how many of you think about green tea on […]
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A frightening trend is spreading across Europe: a rise of nationalism built upon xenophobic rhetoric. This momentum is challenging the dominant electoral framework and governability of various governments. The recent German and Italian elections demonstrated a failure of the establishment parties to connect with a frustrated electorate. Angela Merkel struggled to form another Grand Coalition, […]
Read More…For those of us who have studied the rise of fascism in the 1930’s, we should all be concerned about the rise of xenophobic rhetoric and the recent electoral success of nationalist parties throughout Europe. Stefan Zweig, one of the most famous writers during the interwar period, expresses the rise of nationalism in his memoir The […]
Read More…In Soviet countries, the emblems of the state and ideology were inscribed in public spaces. The metro in Prague had propaganda lining the walls while people waited for the trains to arrive. In contemporary London, colossal advertisements line the walls of the tube. Nearly every space in our daily lives has been utilized to manufacture […]
Read More…“They got a new housing plan for the ghetto eventually, projects for a New American century, false-flag terrorism controlling you mentally, the gospel in the hands of people with no empathy, a mixture of dangerous social chemistry, between law enforcement and a military entity. Cameras on a corner of every corner you’re facing, testing out […]
Read More…A couple days ago, while having a conversation with a group of older and relatively drunk Bath rugby fans, I mentioned how I studied politics. I was met with an expected grunt, a heightened sense of frustration. The term ‘politics’ has come to signify polarization. The majority of the population seems to be at a […]
Read More…Music is the silence between the notes” -Claude Debussy When listening to an inspiring speech, or a piece of sensitive music, it is often the void between the notes or words that induces such profound emotion. When reading a brilliant novel, it is often what is not explicitly stated that becomes significant. When in […]
Read More…Some favorite puns from the current university pension strike, taken from UCL’s School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies picket line: Why Aren’t You RUSSIAN to Resolve The Issue? Stop STALIN and Start Negotiating! You are PUSHKIN Us to the Edge! But We Will Not be BAKHTIN to a Corner! HAVEL Little Sympathy for Academics! […]
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The Junction 