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The magus of Messkirch: Martin Heidegger

May 31, 2016 sanjay perera

The magus of Messkirch: Martin Heidegger (a documentary) Continue reading The magus of Messkirch: Martin Heidegger

Michael Sandel: what money can’t buy

May 24, 2016 sanjay perera

Michael Sandel: what money can’t buy Continue reading Michael Sandel: what money can’t buy

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Taking notes 60: why teachers matter in dark times

May 17, 2016 sanjay perera

by Henry A. Giroux
Donald Trump, declares he likes “the uneducated” — implying that it is better that they stay ignorant than be critically engaged agents — and boasts that he doesn’t read books. Continue reading Taking notes 60: why teachers matter in dark times

Nietzsche: beyond good and evil

May 10, 2016August 24, 2021 sanjay perera

Nietzsche: Beyond good and evil (a documentary) Continue reading Nietzsche: beyond good and evil

Derrida: a documentary

May 3, 2016November 4, 2025 sanjay perera

Derrida: a documantary Continue reading Derrida: a documentary

Justice: what’s the right thing to do?

April 26, 2016April 27, 2016 sanjay perera

Is it just to tax the rich to help the poor? John Rawls says we should answer this question by asking what principles you would choose to govern the distribution of income and wealth if you did not know who you were, whether you grew up in privilege or in poverty. Continue reading Justice: what’s the right thing to do?

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Taking notes 59: radical politics in the age of American authoritarianism

April 19, 2016May 11, 2016 sanjay perera

by Henry A. Giroux
Struggles will only succeed if more progressives embrace an expansive understanding of politics, not fixating singularly on elections or any other issue but rather emphasizing the connections among diverse social movements. Continue reading Taking notes 59: radical politics in the age of American authoritarianism

The Noam Chomsky-Michel Foucault debate: On human nature

April 12, 2016May 20, 2016 sanjay perera

Debate: Noam Chomsky & Michel Foucault–On human nature Continue reading The Noam Chomsky-Michel Foucault debate: On human nature

Taking notes 58: For the love of thinking: eleven theses

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 sanjay perera

by Jeff Noonan
The person who loves to think is critically minded. That person is not an undisciplined skeptic, but one who can detect contradictions between principle and practice, and between principles and the values to which they purportedly lead as means. Continue reading Taking notes 58: For the love of thinking: eleven theses

Taking notes 57: Liberal commentators who are apologists for Trump’s racism

March 29, 2016March 29, 2016 sanjay perera

by Henry A. Giroux
Trump’s business practices that some admire are representative of neoliberal capitalism: which has produced human misery, political corruption and inequality throughout the world. Continue reading Taking notes 57: Liberal commentators who are apologists for Trump’s racism

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