Now, that we have spent almost all semester on thinking about how we might think of subjects/selfs/humans beyond the liberal self there comes the final blow: Posthumanism. I have not done a lot of work myself on the subject and I admit to having been sidetracked. Basically, I got stuck finding out more about a […]
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“We have to try and construct a better world…”
The movement called Zapatismo has a loaded symbolic significance in the context of global social movements. Somehow, this (largely unsuccessful) movement of indigenous people and failed Marxist revolutionaries in Mexico has inspired many an activist around the world (Khasnabish 2010). This is not, because the movement was so awfully effective or because their goals were […]
Storytelling as political theory
Political theory comes in many forms and variations. Currently it follows academic modes of speech, which focus on the analytical distinctions and a language which connects to academic discourses. But we don’t have to go far to see how it could be different. The writings of Foucault would hardly pass the hard muster of academic […]
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