Tag Archives: Hegel

Working Yourself To Death

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

One way to read Clausewitz (and perhaps Hegel) is to consider the possibility of living forms, or corporate entities such as states, to be truly Wild, to be literally Wild(er)ness. Organisms, or free beauties, according to this view, are not … Continue reading →

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Selection and Combination – Le Rapport Sexuel

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

“Each sees the other do what it both does and demands of the other. Action needs both from both.” “The middle term is Self-Consciousness which splits into the extremes; and each extreme is this exchanging of its own determinateness and … Continue reading →

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Christian Humanism and Beyond – Western Religion after Kantian Agnosticism

Posted on November 23, 2011 by

In my IT2 class, we read various interpretations of Gnostic spirituality, including one buy the very famous Princeton University scholar Elaine Pagels. As I read Pagels, I can’t help but notice her numerous references to the earlier scholarship of Adolf … Continue reading →

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Unsaidquarters – Infelix Ego: Creativity and Self Torment

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

But although the “unhappy consciousness” does not possess this actual presence, it has, at the same time, transcended pure thought, so far as this is the abstract thought of Stoicism, which turns away from particulars altogether, and again the merely … Continue reading →

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“the tenuous distinction between patriotic spirit and mindless brutality”

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

STUDENT: If Schopenhauer is a Kantian who does not believe in God, I should think that he would most definitely not see the history of the world as meaningless. He should see it as beautiful. Studying our own history only … Continue reading →

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Letter to Student on Writing and Revision

Posted on August 4, 2011 by

Dear S, Good to hear from you. I know finals can induce anxiety, but don’t let this one get to you. I think you should stick to your choice, because you like Marcel Mauss and also because writing on him … Continue reading →

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Surviving One’s Own Death – “The owl of Minerva flies only at dusk.” — G.W.F. Hegel

Posted on May 25, 2011 by

Huge props for Malabou (‘the best book on Hegel in twenty years’) offered by Slavoj Žižek. His discussion of Malabou begins at 5’20″. Douglas Crimp’s writings on the origin and purpose of the art museum (click), as a public institution, … Continue reading →

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“Meet Your New Teacher, Professor Scantron 888P+!”

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

“continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling.” – Philippians 2:12 Student: Do you feel that the University breeds/produces/encourages scribomaniacs? And do you find a difference between the Honors college and all the other colleges? Do you direct … Continue reading →

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Beyond Romanticism: Science as Mark-Making and Infinite Revision

Posted on April 26, 2011 by

If replication and authorship are matters of negotiation, then there is no event which corresponds to an automatic or instant discovery. A complex enterprise, accessible to historical and sociological understanding, generates objects which are then labeled as discoveries. Subsequently, the … Continue reading →

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