by
Armen Avanessian,
Robin Mackay
(editors)
tabula rasa
(en)
(noun) the mind in its hypothetical primary blank or empty state before receiving outside impressions / (noun) something existing in its original pristine state (philosophy)
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a politics that must hope for the worst and can think the future only as apocalypse and tabula rasa
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a politics that must hope for the worst and can think the future only as apocalypse and tabula rasa
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immanence
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philosophical and metaphysical theories of divine presence in which the divine encompasses or is manifested in the material world
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embodied in writings that sought an immanence with this process of alienation
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embodied in writings that sought an immanence with this process of alienation
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sine qua non
(la)
something that is absolutely needed
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even the keenest liberals are hard-pressed to argue that capitalism remains the vehicle and sine qua non of modernity and progress
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even the keenest liberals are hard-pressed to argue that capitalism remains the vehicle and sine qua non of modernity and progress
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a slogan refering to globalization popularised by Margaret Thatcher; means that the market economy is the only system that works, and that debate about this is over
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Hegemonic neoliberalism claims there is no alternative
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Hegemonic neoliberalism claims there is no alternative
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nous
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(noun) common sense; practical intelligence; mind or intellect
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leaves concrete technological nous and economic arguments to its adversary
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leaves concrete technological nous and economic arguments to its adversary
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oneiric
(en)
(adjective) of or relating to dreams; dreamy
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paled by comparison with the oneiric escapades of '68
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paled by comparison with the oneiric escapades of '68
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bulwark
(en)
(noun) defensive wall
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dissolving all bulwarks that would preserve the past
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dissolving all bulwarks that would preserve the past
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churlish
(en)
(adjective) of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl; vulgar / (adjective) marked by a lack of civility or graciousness; surly / (adjective) difficult to work with or deal with; intractable
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It would indeed be churlish to deny the enduring rhetorical power of these texts
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It would indeed be churlish to deny the enduring rhetorical power of these texts
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aleatory
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(adjective) depending on an uncertain event or contingency as to both profit and loss / (adjective) relating to luck and especially to bad luck
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the inauguration of an aleatory drift
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the inauguration of an aleatory drift
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Thanatos
(en)
(Greek mythology) the personification of death
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thanatizing Lyotard's jouissance
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thanatizing Lyotard's jouissance
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