“It is in the understanding of ourselves that fear comes to an end. If the individual is to grapple with life from moment to moment, if he is to face its intricacies, its miseries and sudden demands, he must be infinitely pliable and, therefore, free of theories and particular patterns of thought.”
— Jiddu Krishnamurti, Total Freedom
Foucault’s critique of power and knowledge shaped poststructuralism, yet its rejection of truth risks becoming its own orthodoxy. To remain...
This is Part 4 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
This is Part 2 of a 4-part series on the academic, and specifically philosophical study of disagreement. In Part 1...
thirdity: “It is in the understanding of ourselves that fear comes to an end. If the individual is to grapple...
Curiosity is a cure for certainty. It’s also the enemy of humility, modesty, and self-doubt. Adam Phillips explains
How did the journal Telos, champion of Marcuse and Gramsci, produce two editors who would serve in Trump’s State Department?
Disgust and desire. In the 16th century, a woman might carry a peeled apple in her armpit until it absorbed...
