Philosophy & Religion

"Never be afraid to sit awhile and think." — Lorraine Hansberry

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  Nothing Inorganic

  Readers compelled by turns to materialism, ecology, and ontology could hardly hope for a better introduction to lesser-known features of Thoreau’s work.

  Mark NobleJun 12, 2016

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  The Enemy Imaginary

  A review of William V. Spanos’s scathing critique of American exceptionalism.

  Christian P. HainesJun 1, 2016

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  Hyperdistractions

  Dominic Pettman’s "Infinite Distraction" is, quite literally, a product of the processes it describes.

  Shane DensonMay 29, 2016

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  Speed Intoxication

  When we ask why we don’t have enough time, we make it worse.

  Jeffrey L. KoskyMay 24, 2016

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  The Digital in the Humanities: An Interview with Marisa Parham

  Part 6 of a new series exploring the role of the digital humanities, as well as the digital in the humanities as it currently exists in the US academy.

  Melissa DinsmanMay 19, 2016

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  Rousseau’s State of Pure Nature

  Althusser’s reading of Rousseau takes us to the very heart of questions on the management of our natural world in the age of the Anthropocene.

  Jason Barker, Louis AlthusserMay 15, 2016

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  Althusser’s Philosophical Disorder

  “Philosophy,” as Althusser writes, “is, in the last instance, class struggle in the field of theory.”

  Jason BarkerMay 15, 2016

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  Rain in the Gallery

  Althusser, late in his life, wrote about rain.

  Dariush M. DoustMay 15, 2016

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  Althusser: The Law, The Cop, and The Subject

  How does the law shape who we are and how we behave?

  Nina PowerMay 15, 2016

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  Reimagining the Subject: Althusser and Spinoza

  The contemporary materialist philosopher must endeavor to think practically and in the absence of conditions, begin with nothing.

  Caroline WilliamsMay 15, 2016

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  Marxist Underground

  Is it an accident that the “aleatory” content of Althusser’s materialism came increasingly to the fore after 1968?

  Richard SeymourMay 15, 2016

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  The Ideology of Localism

  Localism has become more popular as the world’s social and ecological crises mount.

  Greg SharzerMay 15, 2016

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