identity
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That Asshole Is You
People don’t seem to understand why I find the following post (and so many more like it) to be injurious and disgusting: I don’t know what asshole invented the idea that teenage girls are the cause for all evil, but I really hope that person never has to raise one. I don’t want him to… Continue reading
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V.S. Naipaul’s A Bend in the River: A Review
I want to begin this new year of blogging with a review of one of the most famous books by V.S. Naipaul, a controversial writer and a Nobel Prize winner. Before I begin, I want to warn you that if you are here with the goal of ripping off this review to pass it as… Continue reading
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>Zygmunt Bauman’s Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?: A Review, Part II
As I mentioned in the first part of this review, Bauman’s vision of today’s world is, at the very least, flawed. The impression his analysis often makes on me is one created by a person who is so afraid of certain aspects of life that he never ventures outside of his ivory tower. He hides… Continue reading
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Zygmunt Bauman’s Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers?: A Review, Part I
Zygmunt Bauman is one of my favorite contemporary philosophers. His interest in the mechanisms of identity construction is enough to make me follow his work with great dedication. Bauman’s recent Does Ethics Have a Chance in a World of Consumers? (Institute for Human Sciences Vienna Lecture Series) made a dubious impression on me. Everything Bauman… Continue reading
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