Variations On A Theme

“To Penetrate the Fug of Things”: On Trump’s Response to Charlottesville
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“To Penetrate the Fug of Things”: On Trump’s Response to Charlottesville

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 / 16 August 2017
Rationality, in the moral sense, is an act of love because it is an attempt to bring the world closer, not drive it away. Rationality is not an inherent human trait, it is a choice.
Life in the Time of Outrage: We’ve Drawn So Many Lines in the Sand That We’ve Eroded the Beach
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Life in the Time of Outrage: We’ve Drawn So Many Lines in the Sand That We’ve Eroded the Beach

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 / 19 June 2017
The ad hominem argument, traditionally considered a logical fallacy, has gained a cultural acceptance and a widespread tacit approval that boggles the mind.
Resist, Artfully: On the Subversive but Compromised Role of Art
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Resist, Artfully: On the Subversive but Compromised Role of Art

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 / 9 May 2017
In a world stripped of enjoyment -- a fractured existence broken on the wheel of pointless progress, determined domination, and wasteful and wasted work -- pleasure becomes the most determinate form of rebellion and liberation.
Confronting Evil, Determinism, and Death in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’
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Confronting Evil, Determinism, and Death in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

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 / 2 December 2016

Exploring the darker core of Frank Capra’s Christmas classic It’s a Wonderful Life reveals just what is so wonderful about life.

A Melancholic Way of Knowing
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A Melancholic Way of Knowing

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 / 30 September 2016
Melancholy, in its deepest truth, is not bereft of hope but rather relies upon it.
Foray into Fragments: Friedrich Schlegel
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Foray into Fragments: Friedrich Schlegel

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 / 22 July 2016
In this world, truth cannot be known in its fullness. We only get distorted images and fragments of the whole.
Forays Into the Fragment: Heidegger and Kant
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Forays Into the Fragment: Heidegger and Kant

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 / 7 July 2016
Our relationship with fragments of art is one of a desiring proximity predicated upon an unfathomable and necessary distance.
The Object Withdraws in Obduracy: Thoughts on Richard Tuttle’s ‘The Critical Edge’
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The Object Withdraws in Obduracy: Thoughts on Richard Tuttle’s ‘The Critical Edge’

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 / 11 May 2016
What's critical about cast-off pieces of fabric? Is Richard Tuttle's The Critical Edge merely ironic hyperbole?
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The Sounds of Now: Tristan Murail and Sounding Stasis

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 / 1 July 2008
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The Practicality of the Impossible: John Cage and the Freeman Etudes

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 / 1 May 2008
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Every Good Boy Does Fine

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 / 20 February 2008
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Restoring Intellectual Day

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 / 16 January 2008