The Difficult Art of Being Human: Reflections on Homer’s Odyssey

The Odyssey is a masterpiece of Western literature. Even those who never read any of it know what it’s all Continue reading →

The Filmic Non-Place: Notes on Devirtualization in Cinema

In the 2007 book Bioaesthetics philosopher and teacher of Aesthetics Pietro Montani writes about the increasing disempowerment of the external Continue reading →

Arabic Hauntology: The Sound of Habibi Funk Records

The twenty-third album by Habibi Funk Records was released on the 14th of July 2023. But it may as well Continue reading →

Can Ghosts Shape Our Selves?

Some of us are afraid of ghosts. Some are perhaps uncomfortable with the idea of encountering a ghost. Most of Continue reading →

AI and the Instrumentalization of Fear

Introduction In 2023 everything speaks AI. The AI gaze is present in every public discourse and the AI question is Continue reading →

Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein’s Ethical Machine

It is difficult to ascertain Kierkegaard’s influence on the early Wittgenstein. Aside from Wittgenstein having published only one book (with Continue reading →

Ultra-Blackness in Music: A Non-Mixology

By Achim SzepanskiTranslated by Jan Heintz With the modification of a Baudrillard quote regarding the infinitely choosing chooser one could Continue reading →

Hierarchy in Early Modern Culture: Dante’s Divine Comedy and Boccaccio’s Decameron

Roughly and historically speaking, Renaissance, Reformation, and the Copernican Revolution are found nearly at the same time in European history. Continue reading →