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SLAVOJ ŽIŽEK - WHAT DOES IT MEANS TO BE REVOLUTIONARY TODAY? - MARXISM 2009

Posted in Marx, philosophy, Politics on Jul 9th, 2009 No Comments »


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SECULAR HUMANISM AND A PALE BLUE DOT

Posted in Religion, philosophy, science on Jun 24th, 2008 5 Comments »

I was quite surprised by my reaction to the recording I made below from the album of the Pope’s visit to Ireland. I didn’t think I still had such strong emotions on the subject. It got me thinking of what it was that convinced me that religion was wrong - utterly, utterly, wrong.
It […]

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CAN DIALECTICS BREAK BRICKS?

Posted in philosophy, Zaragoza, aesthetics, Working Class, Labour, satire on Nov 12th, 2007 2 Comments »

Sometimes, just sometimes, ideology can be piss-funny. I mean, intentionally so, not in an Eoghan Harris piss-funny kind of way. The following is taken from Wikipeida:
La Dialectique Peut-Elle Casser Des Briques?, in English, “Can Dialectics Break Bricks?”, is a 1973 Situationist film produced by the French director René Viénet which explores the resolution of conflict […]

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Hannah and The Philosopher’s Throne

Posted in philosophy, Personal on Oct 8th, 2007 No Comments »

This is a blog where important things are discussed, but now and again the personal intervenes when I insist on doing my ‘kids say the darnedest things’ posts. One such is about to follow (apologies in advance if you were looking for a serious discussion).
With the weather being fine this weekend I took myself […]

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WITTGENSTEIN, DUBLIN, AND MYSTICISM

Posted in phibsboro, dublin, philosophy, aesthetics on Jul 2nd, 2007 12 Comments »

We feel that even when all possible scientific questions have been
answered, the problems of life remain completely untouched.” Wittgenstein, 1919.

Derek Jarman introduced me to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Not personally, of course, but still, it’s down to him. I first saw his 1993 film biog of the man in the Lighthouse cinema on Abbey Street - now […]

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