Resistance, Right and Left
@e_flux wrote: Eurozine-Trump-Protest.jpg5760x3840 846 KB At Eurozine, German political scientist Claus Leggewie examines how the call to resist!, which in the context of Europe has been historically...
View ArticleThe Emotional Cost of Everyday Life
@e_flux wrote: lacan.jpg820x550 46.8 KB Public Seminar has an excerpt from the book Penis Envy and Other Bad Feelings: The Emotional Cost of Everyday Life by theorist Mari Ruti. The book uses the...
View ArticleArtists Meet in Silivri Prison for Osman Kavala #OsmanKavalayaÖzgürlük
@pelin wrote: Bianet - Bagimsiz Iletisim Agi Artists Meet in Silivri for Osman Kavala: 320 Days are Enough Artists and culture and art workers have met in front of Silivri Prison for rights advocate...
View ArticlePetition: Justice for Greek queer activist's brutal murder
@pelin wrote: Nomadic universality – 28 Sep 18 For Zak: The responsibility for our grief This is a collective text signed by at least 150 academics from Universities in and outside Greece (list...
View ArticleAnthropologists and Novelists
@e_flux wrote: At Public Books, cultural anthropologist Richard Handler reviews Culture Writing: Literature and Anthropology in the Midcentury Atlantic World by Tim Watson. Watson’s book examines...
View ArticleHow Liberalism Gives Rise to Illiberalism
@e_flux wrote: UKIP_Brexit_supporters.jpg1440x907 123 KB At Open Democracy, Mike Wayne finds the source of illiberalism is liberalism’s own internal tendencies. In his account, liberalism emerged...
View ArticleThe Unholy Alliance of Spotify and Ancestry.com
@e_flux wrote: At the website Popula, Cam Scott reflects on the recent announcement that Spotify and Ancestry will team up to offer playlists based on a user’s DNA-derived family history. As Scott...
View ArticleOpen Letter from Documenta 14 Artists and Organizers on the Murder of Zak...
@e_flux wrote: Queer activist Zak Kostopoulos. Via freedomnews.org.uk. His Excellency, Mr. Alexis Tsipras Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic Athens, Greece Athens, October 01, 2018 Dear Prime...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Robots Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
@e_flux wrote: taylor-1.jpg688x536 118 KB In Logic magazine—a San Francisco–based publication that turns a critical eye on technology—Astra Taylor argues that predictions of impending mass automation...
View ArticleSilicon Valley Is Ruining Psychedelics
@e_flux wrote: 206328d0-7cfa-11e7-9108-edda0bcbc928.jpeg1440x810 497 KB At Real Life, Emma Stamm examines the growing popularity of psychedelic microdosing in Silicon Valley, and the related...
View ArticleOlu Oguibe's Pro-Refugee Sculpture Has Been Removed from Kassel's Königsplatz
@e_flux wrote: obelisk removal.jpg960x540 104 KB Olu Oguibe’s obelisk Monument to Strangers and Refugees was commissioned for last year’s Documenta 14 and has since stood in Kassel’s central...
View Article"Open Agriculture" and the Future of Food Production
@e_flux wrote: human-people-person-shop-window-display-den-dog-house-kennel-bottle.jpg940x580 138 KB Climate change will force major transformations in the global agricultural industry. In...
View ArticleHow Neoliberalism Corrupted Self-Care
@e_flux wrote: goop.jpg3663x2559 706 KB In the current issue of The Baffler, Miya Tokumitsu examines how the language and practice of self-care has in recent years been appropriated by the beauty and...
View ArticleThe Literature of Inequality
@e_flux wrote: Eurozine-esprit-leger-header-image.jpg3942x2747 1.21 MB In Eurozine, Nicolas Léger examines books by five contemporary French novelists to explore how they portray growing inequality in...
View ArticleAvoiding Hothouse Earth
@e_flux wrote: St-Clair-image-2_Stability-landscape.jpg800x511 79.6 KB In October issue of the Brooklyn Rail, Peter St. Clair reflects on the frightening climate report recently released by the...
View ArticleReflections on the Legacy of the Frankfurt School
@e_flux wrote: In the Boston Review, philosopher Seyla Benhabib reflects on the intellectual mission of the Frankfurt School and its enduring relevance today. As Benhabib notes, Frankfurt School...
View ArticleUnlearning Imperialist Photojournalism
@e_flux wrote: At the Verso blog, photography theorist Ariella Azoulay continues her series about photography and imperialism with a piece entitled “Unlearning Imperial Sovereignties.” In the piece...
View ArticleJair Bolsonaro and the Collapse of Brazilian Democracy
@e_flux wrote: Jair Bolsonaro.jpg980x678 37.2 KB At the Baffler website, Alex Hochuli traces the political developments in Brazil over the past several years that culminated in the election of...
View ArticleThe "Historical Inertia" of Globalized Capitalism
@e_flux wrote: binary-star.jpg800x600 117 KB In the Brooklyn Rail, theorist Eddie Dioguardi turns to astrological metaphors to explain the sense of “historical inertia” that defines our present—the...
View Article"Every non-free program is an injustice": Richard Stallman on the Free...
@e_flux wrote: MIT AI Lab.jpg960x720 131 KB In the September–October 2018 issue of the New Left Review, Rob Lucas interviews software engineer and free-software advocate Richard Stallman, who is best...
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