Mediating Suppression: At the Crossroads of Judaism, Marxism, Freudianism
The Systems of Judaism, Marxism, and Freudianism Structurally speaking, Judaism, Marxism, and Freudianism each constitute a thought system, and their Continue reading
Blue Labyrinths
An online magazine focusing on literature, philosophy, and a collection of interesting ideas.
The Rat Maze: Capitalism and Consciousness
Hacking Consciousness Founded in San Francisco in 2013 by a former MIT roboticist, the Consciousness Hacking Meetup group has expanded Continue reading
Angst Machines Disassembling Amongst the Trees
I refuse to pretend that everything is OK. As if we just wait for the last drip of winter to Continue reading
Gilles Deleuze, A Stoic
When one thinks of Gilles Deleuze, Stoicism might not be the first thing that comes to mind. The French philosopher Continue reading
Angelus Novus’ Eyesight: On Benjamin’s Aesthetic Mysticism
Paul Klee’s Angelus Novus design is used by Benjamin as a metaphor to describe the link between progress and catastrophe.
Adorno on Pleasure, 2: Purpose and Play
In part 1, we saw Adorno reject the bourgeois disgust with sexuality and instinctual urges through his engagement with Freud Continue reading
Art, Temporality and “Motions of the Mind”
Grossman and the Greeks “’Everything flows, everything changes,’ said the Greek. But this is not evident from the little mounds Continue reading
Adorno on Pleasure, 1: The Critique of Psychoanalysis
Theodor Adorno, the Arch-curmudgeon of the Frankfurt School of Critical theory, devotes a brief but substantial section of his Minima Continue reading
