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Statistical literacy
Is statistical literacy essential in the modern world?
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 20 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:03 15.05.03
Agamben, Homo Sacer and the sacral figures of the day
Wanna talk about Agamben?
:: STARTED BY Jackie Susann
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:26 14.05.03
Anarchy in Somalia: cultural difference, democracy and libertarianism.
Alan Bock writes on an alternative to "nation-building" in the wake of governmental collapse.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:16 14.05.03
Cultural logic in political argument
Is it acceptable to argue about politics by comparing someone's views with those of a pariah in order to discredit them?
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:56 13.05.03
Funeral ceremony and ritual.
About the rituals involved in funerals, the pomp and ceremony of it all. Why do we do this?
:: STARTED BY Olulabelle
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:12 09.05.03
Work and Welfare
What duties does a society have toward those who do not work? Those who refuse to work? Is welfare a problem that needs a solution?
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 108 REPLIES, LAST AT 10:39 08.05.03
Capitalismo
What is capitalism all about?
:: STARTED BY A Qalyn Signifier ==>
:: 153 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:15 07.05.03
Camera Syndrome: paranoia, histrionics and always being "on."
Does modern living contribute to a sense of being watched, or of being "on camera"? Does this encourage performance, as a form of behaviour distinctive from the norm?
:: STARTED BY Rage is back! Attack!
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:54 04.05.03
Language, thought, and infinty
Language, imponderables, errors, and misperceptions.
:: STARTED BY Nick's Experimental Wrongness
:: 50 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:47 02.05.03
Should having children be regulated?
Should chemicals be introduced into the American water supply so that conception is only possible after a "parency test" has been passed, rather than being the uncontrolled result of sexual practice?
More generally, what are the ethics of reproductive control? Is reproduction a right, or a privilege that can be withdrawn if not used responsibly?
:: STARTED BY Jack Denfeld
:: 157 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:58 02.05.03
Forcible democracy
A discussion of whether it can ever be right for one nation to use force to install a democracy in another nation.
:: STARTED BY No star here laces
:: 68 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:18 30.04.03
Cultural Studies
Cultural Studies
:: STARTED BY pinstripe fictionsuit
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:47 27.04.03
Bibliography on chaos theory, please?
Bibliography on chaos theory
:: STARTED BY ciarconn
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:29 24.04.03
The Ethics of Share Ownership
Ethics of Share Ownership, a thread about economics, capitalism and all that.
:: STARTED BY invisible_al
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:20 23.04.03
This is cool in a fascisto nerdy fagalicious kind of way
Actually this is a load of pretentious poo- I hate it.
:: STARTED BY Crimes_Of_Fashion
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 08:11 23.04.03
I know that my Redeemer lives...
Redemption - is this, as I think, a hugely influential concept in Western society? How does its 'secular' development relate to its theological origins? Where do we find redemption narratives?
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:55 15.04.03
There is Nothing but Words!
Relativity of Truth is an idea which was once circulated by Giordano Bruno. Nothing is ever lasting & 'Universal Truth' is a vague term.
:: STARTED BY tasneem
:: 37 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:22 06.04.03
Explicit and Implicit: Group Sex, BDSM, equality and non-violence
No summary available
:: STARTED BY Mysterious Question
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:25 02.04.03
LotR slash - the actor's perspective
If he tries anything, Sam will kill him - actor's perspectives on LotR slash.
:: STARTED BY pinstripe fictionsuit
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:24 28.03.03
Liberty and liberties
Ideas about liberty and liberties, and their relation to actual government.
:: STARTED BY Kit-Cat Club
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:26 25.03.03
Media
Media. Device of sublimation?
Media. Device of Capitalism?
Media. Relavence.
:: STARTED BY creation
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:23 22.03.03
Gay, and not in a good way: the use of "gay" as a pejorative term without overt reference to homosexuality.
Is using the word "gay" to describe something bad linked or unconnected to the use of the word to reference homosexuality? Is this a separate usage to be encouraged, or inevitably connected and thus, deliberately or not, in some way homophobic.
:: STARTED BY Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus
:: 84 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:23 13.03.03
The ethics (or, if you'd rather, morality) of war....
What is the morality of war? What would need to be occuring or in place for war in general or a particular war in the Middle East be ethically and/or morally, rather than pragmatically, justified?
:: STARTED BY Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:12 11.03.03
Let's Play Mr and Mrs!
Identifying the smug married from the lonely singletons in the 21st century. How do you verbally signify that you are in a relationship with someone else without subsuming them or being subsumed in their identity?
:: STARTED BY Our Lady of The Two Towers
:: 34 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:34 08.03.03
What are the building blocks of identity?
If identity is a construct, what is it constructed from?
What kind of fabric do you use to sew up a fictionsuit?
:: STARTED BY iconoplast
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:42 04.03.03
Education, isolation, alienation...
What's wrong with schooling in the UK, and alternatives to it
:: STARTED BY asyetunidentified 3rd vandal
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:07 25.02.03
Violence: Creative or Destructive?
How has violence been a creative influence on society? Is violence creative or destructive? The industrial revolution. Imperialism and economic liberalism.
:: STARTED BY Strange Machine Vs The Virus with Shoes
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:30 22.02.03
Cult Studs: Killing God, and war in/against Heaven
Head Shop Cultural studies - looking across media at the death of God and the ideas extending from that in a variety of different media and cultural products.
:: STARTED BY Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:04 22.02.03
Does precognition disprove free will? Does the chicken?
What does precognition - the ability to see into the future - implicate about free will - the ability to mold our own future independently?
:: STARTED BY Rage is back! Attack!
:: 41 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:42 17.02.03
Humanity's ultimate destiny is to self-destruct
Please discuss theory and provide examples to corroborate or refute it.
:: STARTED BY Brigade du jour
:: 36 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:24 16.02.03
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