In the Round of 32, Critical-Theory fans obliterated my faith in them and humanity. Among the travesties: Ayn Rand lost to Gilles Deleuze and Diogenes lost to Jacques Derrida (perhaps C-T readers are more comfortable with public masturbation than intellectual masturbation). The good news: Former overrated champion Noam Chomsky was knocked out by Martin Heidegger (his friends, after all, ruined the 1936 Olympics) and Jean Baudrillard knocked out Slavoj Zizek.
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Philosopher March Madness: Round of 32
Who is most likely to ruin a sporting event?
The Musical Equivalent of a “Crime in the Moral World,” the Music of Friedrich Nietzsche
Much of Nietzsche’s music compositions have since been performed, recorded and distributed online. That includes the complete array of his piano works performed by Michael Krucker and another compilation that includes his choral pieces and piano pieces performed by Lauretta Altman.
Submit Your Papers! Wreck Park
Deadline for submissions is May 1, 2015.
March Madness: Most Likely to Ruin a Sporting Event
While some petite bourgeois imposters have sprung about, we’ve decided to examine another fascinating question. Of philosophy’s many personalities, which is most likely to ruin a sporting event?
Submit Your Papers! Human Being Human
The University of Victoria is now accepting submissions for their May 2015 conference.
Truth in Design: Lorem Ipsum Gets a Nietzschean Upgrade
The latest way to get fired from your design job.
9 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in February, 2015
Virno, Agamben and more.
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12 Angry Philosophers [Comic]
Featuring Sartre, Hobbes, Arendt, and more.
The Influence of Existentialism on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. is a figure often overshadowed in critical theory. Juxtaposed next to other civil rights figures like Malcolm X and Angela Davis, King is often conflated with neoliberal multiculturalism the failure of the civil rights movement to dismantle the ongoing systemic white supremacy of the status quo.
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