Category: academia
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Happy Bloomsday! It’s a greeting I thought I’d never say. But here we are: June 16. I’m wearing a fucking boater and heading to my first Bloomsday celebration. All because… more ›
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I applied for an NEH Fellowship for my Blanchot book. Today I received my evaluations. I want everyone to know what cunts are in charge of our nation’s intellectual work.… more ›
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Timothy Morton is an English scholar at Rice University. He is also a “speculative realist.” That’s fancy theoretical talk for “bullshit artist.” He would have you believe–and I chose this… more ›
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Resistances: The Problem of Fascism Walter Benjamin on fascism George Bataille on fascism Emmanuel Lévinas on fascism Jan Patočka on resistance Hannah Arendt on totalitarianism Michel Foucault on resistance Slavoj… more ›
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What is meant as a valiant stand against the decline of reading is actually a symptom of it, and then a cause. The fear of dumbing down leads to thinning… more ›
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The Humanities! The very name should call up something wild. From the moment Socrates started wandering the Greek market and driving Athenian aristocrats to their wits end, their place has… more ›
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IA certain Texas university announced today that it would free 100 employees from the shackles of employment by the end of next month. IIYears ago there were two boys who… more ›
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First, we need to create honest and accurate language. Adjunct designates an inessential supplement, yet adjunct professors are just as permanent a fixture at colleges and universities trying to save a… more ›
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I’ve been slowly weening myself from the hope of a proper academic career over the past several months. Academia barely exists today, and due to what may still perhaps be… more ›