Posts Tagged ‘critical theory’
By Lesley Vaage — April 10th, 2008
How frustrating it is to step out of that suffocating Closet only to find yourself in a hall of two-way mirrors—undoubtedly, a common experience for queer women who “come out” in the workplace. This paper will attempt to tease out some of the regulatory forces …
By Fuyuki Kurasawa and Cultural Shifts — April 1st, 2008
A public lecture on the visual representation of distant suffering in various parts of the world.
By Matthew Lymburner — December 31st, 2007
I’ve recently had the pleasure of reading Rudolf Rocker’s “masterpiece”, outlining the theory and contextually specific practical application of Anarcho-Syndicalism. Having an avid interest in anarchist theory, this text has long-awaited my attention. And while I generally enjoyed it, reading Rocker’s dated text, I noticed …
By Archie Techne — December 29th, 2007
From the ruins of the Berlin Wall and the decline of the Soviet empire emerged declarations about the end of Marxism and the triumph of Western capitalist democracy. And yet, these misguided assertions failed to address two key points - that Soviet-style top-down communism was …
By Matthew Lymburner — November 24th, 2007
A debate has been brewing over the last few weeks between myself and a colleague of mine on the nature of ‘truth’ and reality and its extension to environmental advocacy strategies. This debate has been especially interesting, picking up from my post on Manuel …
By Eliot Che — November 24th, 2007
Recent, separate discussions with Elise and Matt prompted me to think a bit more about epistemology (how we can know things) and debates on the environment. Matt, in a post about a lecture given by Manuel DeLanda on the philosophy …
By Matthew Lymburner — November 24th, 2007
Manuel DeLanda has often spoke at the European Graduate School as part of the Gilles Deleuze chair he holds there. The EGS publishes many of its lectures online, and a 2007 lecture DeLanda gave there dealing with Chapter 3 of Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand …
By Eliot Che — November 3rd, 2007
The term ‘neo-liberalism’ is one that is commonplace in both academic and activist circles. Understood as capitalist imperialism by some, as market-based policies by others, neo-liberalism is a contested term that continues to have exceptional significance in a period of renewed …
