Tag: violence
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The Conservative War on Prisons, etc.
[caption id="attachment_3029" align="aligncenter" width="300"] by Seany2000[/caption] Via Metafilter’s kliuless (who definitely has a kliu): The Conservative War on Prisons: “Right-wing operatives have decided that prisons are a lot like schools: hugely expensive, inefficient, and in…
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Anarchy, the Black Bloc, and Gandhian “Non-Violence”
Let me start with a correction. Anarchy isn’t really as interesting as you think it is. In fact, Anarchy is Boring : Figuring out how to run a sustainable anarchist household (that values time spent…
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Lin-Manuel Miranda Previews The Hamilton Mixtape
I tried to get tickets after I saw this New York Times piece , but no luck. “I am not throwing away my shot” is just an awesomely perfect refrain: it refers to ‘reserving and throwing…
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What sells books?
What role does the critic play? Why do we need someone to stand between us and the art, analyzing, recommending, and denouncing? Why can’t we just have our own experience, unmediated by someone elses taste?…
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Desiderata for a post on X-Phi
I’ve been struggling to complete a blog entry on the recent trend towards experimental philosophy (X-Phi) for more than a week now. ( What’s X-Phi? , The New New Philosophy , Dr. J’s Take )…
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“More Light!” Lying, Police Work, and the Exclusionary Rule
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In the 1961 case Mapp v. Ohio , the Supreme Court declined to protect the the possession of pornographic material, but instead decided to exclude all evidence gained through unconstitutional searches. Last month, the Supreme…
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Pre-9/11 FISA Violations and Retroactive Telecom Immunity
I’ve not seen much mention of one of the most important complaints about the FISA reauthorization: the claim made by Joseph P. Nacchio and Qwest Communication International that the Bush administration sought the power to…
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Lacan and political theory
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The other night I was discussing Lacan with a friend who practices psychotherapy, and he suggested that Lacan’s work ‘only makes sense in the clinic.’ We agreed that when philosophers and critical theorists try to…
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What’s up with democrats who don’t believe in the demos?
“Quoting Madison or Tocqueville about how contemporary instituitions operate in 2006 has little more merit than reading sheep’s entrails.” There’s a quote that makes a civic republican like me sit up and take notice. While…
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Pain as a Propositionless Attitude
The argument for a separate status for the mental extends ultimately to the claim that there is something it is like to hope, believe, or experience redly, and that this likeness is irreducible to any…