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Judith Butler is like *so* 1992...
No summary available
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:14 23.06.09
Medieval hippies?
Hoping someone can help...
:: STARTED BY buttergun
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:52 10.04.09
What is Asexuality?
An attempt to clarify what, if anything, this term actually means
:: STARTED BY Peach Pie
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:52 05.04.09
The Future of Media – help needed
Can the Barbelith hive might help me out on a project I’m kick starting? It's looking into the future of media, specifically news/print media.
:: STARTED BY Trudy Kockenlocker
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:47 08.03.09
Definition of a chav
Our knowledge-seeker, Rural Sav,
Would like to know what makes a chav.
Those who have spent time hereabouts
Can sort of guess how this turns out.
:: STARTED BY Joggy Yoghurt
:: 191 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:05 28.01.09
The Internet, Conversation and Community
Can the internet be a tool for transforming society? Or can it function as a society itself?
:: STARTED BY museum in time, tiger in space
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:02 25.01.09
Gen Y start to change
Economist, generation Y, economic downturn, unemployment, employment
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:27 25.01.09
Lacan for self-important nutters
Zizek, Yugoslavian (Slovenian) Lacanian theorist. He's kooky. How does one tackle him?
:: STARTED BY Jackie Susann
:: 56 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:27 18.01.09
Stupid theory (or politics) questions
A thread for (self-identified) stupid questions about theoretical or political issues.
:: STARTED BY Cat Chant
:: 260 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:16 06.01.09
Have we become vain/self absorbed?
has the internet made us more vain than ever before??
:: STARTED BY genkav
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:55 11.11.08
Science and Morality
The evolution of altruism and conscience--does science have something to say about morality?
:: STARTED BY Perfect Tommy
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:08 22.10.08
Atheisms - Sartre vs Dawkins
Jean Paul Sartre's Existentialism vs current manifestations of secular thought - Dawkins, Hitchens, etc.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:31 05.09.08
Alain Badiou
Has anyone read this philosopher? Thread for pointers and discussion, along the lines of the Deleuze and Guattari thread.
:: STARTED BY nighthawk
:: 68 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:35 13.08.08
Women's Space and Trans Exclusion
MTF/FTM exclusion from gender-specific safe spaces
:: STARTED BY Shortfatdyke
:: 79 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:34 12.08.08
Nature and Not
Natural, unnatural, supernatural and other possibilities. What are they? What do they mean and where should the terms be used? How should they be used? Have they got real meaning? Useful meaning? Or do they betray self-limitations, fears, and concerns?
:: STARTED BY Daytime Decadent
:: 18 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:08 10.08.08
Theoretical Language
The language of theory - is it over-complicated? Meaning, style, tone, etc.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 147 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:32 08.08.08
'Pikey' 'Council' 'townie' - derogatory class rhetoric
Is class-ism more prevalent now? What do we think about this?
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 176 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:07 24.07.08
If something happened, was it necessary for it to happen?
Aristotle argued way back when that whatever happens happens necessarily, ie, was always going to happen. After gesturing at formal modal logic, I make some comments about what this argument shows about what is possible and what is necessary.
:: STARTED BY Good Intentions
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:14 03.06.08
The Sources of Normativity
What is this thing that acts upon our actions?
:: STARTED BY Albert Most
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:08 21.04.08
A wide thread about the idea of 'Ideology' in works of art
Some questions and ideas about art and ideology.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:39 16.04.08
Presumed consent - life after death
have a heart. go on, have mine. i didn't say no...
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 11 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:19 11.04.08
SBR: Let's Theorize Consent
What does it mean to consent to sex? It sounds simple, but is it?
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 97 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:45 27.03.08
Zen?
give me Zen, maybe a little Taoism.
:: STARTED BY reFLUX
:: 104 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:49 18.03.08
Defining Atheists and Agnostics
All i can find are vague, confusing views that combine and overlap to create more confusion than when i simply termed myself as agnostic.
:: STARTED BY Opps!!
:: 49 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:53 05.03.08
"Progress!"
The idea of progress, the endless improvement of humankind, the eschaton, moving forward stands against being medieval, backwards, behind the times. Where does this idea of progress come from? Is it good?
:: STARTED BY SMS
:: 53 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:03 22.02.08
Bodies of knowledge/tools of thought
I don't know what/how to think!
:: STARTED BY ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:04 03.02.08
Sadness is happiness as sadnesss
Simple answers please
:: STARTED BY Charlus
:: 57 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:51 24.01.08
The 'Ashley Treatment'
A Seattle couple with a severely brain-damaged child have her put through a series of treatments to retard her growth and ensure she never goes through puberty. They argue it will allow them to treat her better, others are concerned about the ethics of this treatment. Is this going to be Terri Schiavo II?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Has Left the Building
:: 126 REPLIES, LAST AT 07:27 18.01.08
Class / War
What of Marx? How can we use him? Does he apply anymore (did he ever)? What criticisms can be made, what concepts can be salvaged?
:: STARTED BY petunia
:: 35 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:11 13.01.08
Calendar reform - it's about time
the gregorian calendar is inelegant, clunky, clumsy, awkward and no longer serves us as it may have.
alternatives???
:: STARTED BY squib
:: 52 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:27 04.01.08
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