precise and correct knowledge; used in the New Testament to refer to the knowledge of things ethical and divine
We shall conclude with epignosis (a theological term that designates knowledge which is believed, engaging us in our acts, subjectively assumed)
We shall conclude with epignosis (a theological term that designates knowledge which is believed, engaging us in our acts, subjectively assumed)
physical or intellectual pleasure, delight, or ecstasy; the concept featured heavily in the psychoanalysis of Jacques Lacan's and was expanded on by Roland Barthes for literary theory, to contrast with mere "pleasure" derived from reading texts that don't challenge the reader as a subject. can also refer to pleasure that devolves into pain
the stupid jouissance of rave music
on Gangnam Style
the stupid jouissance of rave music
on Gangnam Style
a school of social theory and philosophy associated in part with the Institute for Social Research at the Goethe University Frankfurt; consisted of dissidents who felt at home neither in the existent capitalist, fascist, nor communist systems that had formed at the time
one would get a standard--not even traditional Marxist, but more specifically Western Marxist Frankfurt-School-style--critique of consumerism
on North Korean propaganda
one would get a standard--not even traditional Marxist, but more specifically Western Marxist Frankfurt-School-style--critique of consumerism
on North Korean propaganda
(verb) to promote the growth or development of; rouse incite
we should do the same with the progress of global capitalism today: keep in mind its dark underside, which is fomenting revolts
we should do the same with the progress of global capitalism today: keep in mind its dark underside, which is fomenting revolts
philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
the world market is, with regard to its immanent dynamics, 'a space in which everyone has once been a productive labourer, and in which labour has everywhere begun to price itself out of the system'
on higher productivity resulting in more unemployment, which should be a blessing but is instead a curse (drift?)
he uses this word about a million times later on
the world market is, with regard to its immanent dynamics, 'a space in which everyone has once been a productive labourer, and in which labour has everywhere begun to price itself out of the system'
on higher productivity resulting in more unemployment, which should be a blessing but is instead a curse (drift?)
he uses this word about a million times later on
the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation (adj: semiotic)
the semiotic square proposed by Jameson
workers/temporarily unemployed/permanently unemployable/formerly employed
the semiotic square proposed by Jameson
workers/temporarily unemployed/permanently unemployable/formerly employed
a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments
in a properly dialectical twist, exploitation includes its own negation
those who produce AND those who are excluded from producing are all exploited
in a properly dialectical twist, exploitation includes its own negation
those who produce AND those who are excluded from producing are all exploited
referring to Frankfurt School sociologist and philosopher Jürgen Habermas, best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere
Recall Habermas's notion of distorted communication (distorted because of extra-linguistic power relations of oppression and domination)
Recall Habermas's notion of distorted communication (distorted because of extra-linguistic power relations of oppression and domination)
(noun) a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler
Hans Tietmeyer, then government of the Deutsches Bundesbank, who praised national governments for preferring 'the permanent plebiscite of global markets' to the 'plebiscite of the ballot box'
Hans Tietmeyer, then government of the Deutsches Bundesbank, who praised national governments for preferring 'the permanent plebiscite of global markets' to the 'plebiscite of the ballot box'
by that very act or quality; thereby
since meeting these financial dictates/expectations is the condition of maintaining the constitutional order, they have priority over the constitution (and eo ipso state sovereignty)
since meeting these financial dictates/expectations is the condition of maintaining the constitutional order, they have priority over the constitution (and eo ipso state sovereignty)