Butler is both one of the most influential and one of the most virulently criticized theoreticians of the last decades, … More
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Notes on Emmanuel Levinas’ “Philosophy and the Idea of the Infinite”
It is difficult to imagine how an intellectual discipline like ours could even begin to operate without such concepts as … More
Comments on Louis Althusser’s “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation)”
The problem with trying to react to this essay is that, for better or worse, Althusser’s main ideas are so … More
Don DeLillo’s “Mao II” and the Concept of the “Death of the Author”
It is almost too strong a temptation to think about Bill Gray, the protagonist of Don DeLillo’s novel Mao II, … More
Comments on “The Ethic of Truths: Construction and Potency” (2001) by Alain Badiou
Already at the beginning of his essay on “The Ethic of Truths”, the former Maoist Alain Badiou makes clear that … More
Notas sobre “The Psychic Life of Power” (1997) de Judith Butler
Quisiera empezar este ensayo sobre la introducción de The Psychic Life of Power – Theories in Subjection, publicada en 1997, poniendo … More