Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label democracy. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Discourse and Truth

The Problematization of Parrhesia

An online version of Foucault's lectures on the historical problem of truth-telling. Published as "Fearless Speech" by Semiotext(e), 2001. An audio version is also available.

Saturday, August 21, 2010

No "art" attached

But I'm interested to see if there's any cultural engagement by creative content on the peculiar antagonistic corollary of radical-extremism and social stigmas in our society today. Or how does one say "This is not American.. is it?"?

U.S. Anti-Islam Protest Seen as Lift for Extremists

-“'For the first time, anti-Islamic rhetoric has gone mainstream,' he said. 'What this really does is weaken the moderates and undermine their credibility.'”

(Note: the potential for indicative transference in "their credibility")