One of the philosopher Slavoj Zizek’s best-known jokes is set in Poland in 1981, shortly after martial law was declared. After the 10PM curfew, military patrols could shoot on sight anyone who was still in the streets. At ten of ten, two soldiers saw a man walk hurriedly by. One soldier promptly shot him. Alarmed,... Source| H-Diplo|RJISSF
Peter Brown’s Wild Robot series transcends the anti-humanist moralism of much contemporary children’s literature and presents a much-needed vision of a habitable future.| Damage
Saturday, February 22 at 12 P.M. US Central Time, live on Zoom, join special guest, Frederick Neuhouser in discussing his latest book, Diagnosing Social Pathology: Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Durkheim. From the jacket: Can a human society suffer from illness like a living thing? And if so, how does such a malaise manifest itself? In ... Read more| The Maurin Academy for Regenerative Studies