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Cats are Bourgeois Scum, and Other Things I Learned from Zizek’s Live Chat
Today, The Guardian hosted a "live" webchat with Slavoj Zizek, cultural critic extraordinaire.
The Guardian encouraged participants to post their questions the day before, from which Zizek would respond to a handful today.
Whereas my pressing, thoughtful questions (including "boxers or briefs?" and whether or not he was a CIA agent) went woefully ignored, he … Continue Reading ››
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The Philosophy of the Science of Poker [Comic]
This week’s Existential Comics features a bunch of jokes I don’t understand.
5 Books That Came Out This Month, September
Heidegger, Zizek and more.
Watch: Simone de Beauvoir Explained with Video Games
This week’s 8-Bit Philosophy tackles the question “What is a Woman?” with Simone de Beauvoir and Metroid.
Understanding Jean Baudrillard with Pumpkin Spice Lattes
It’s fall, and America is once again infatuated with Pumpkin Spice everything. What started as a simple fascination with Pumpkin Spice lattes has now spread – pumpkin spice is now a culinary cancer on otherwise fine food.
Submit Your Papers! Teaching Being
Chiasma, a peer-reviewed and open-access journal of theory based out of Western University’s Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism, is now seeking submissions for their 2nd annual issue.
When Fidel Castro Met Hannah Arendt
In 1959, Princeton University hosted Fidel Castro, the prime minister of the newly formed Cuban government, for a conference entitled “The United States and the Revolutionary Spirit.”
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The Adventures of Authentic Man [Comic]
Jean-Paul Sartre saves the world from poser bullshit.
New York Times Rebukes Zizek for Self Plagiarism
But the real question is: should we care?