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December 22, 2016
lareviewofbooks:
Not sure whether to laugh or cry…
lareviewofbooks:
Not sure whether to laugh or cry…
lareviewofbooks:
Not sure whether to laugh or cry…
lareviewofbooks:
Not sure whether to laugh or cry…
"The determination of the self as one is violence."
- Jacques Derrida
December 21, 2016
A No-Nonsense Machiavelli
This is interesting. I think Machiavelli’s analysis of power, in The Prince and The Discourses, is the most brilliant. He’s also one of the most misunderstood philosophers, because so many people form a view of him based on (often misreading) The Prince alone.
December 19, 2016
December 18, 2016
Redundancy fears as Penguin Random House derecognises staff unions
Time for a boycott of Penguin Random House books. I wonder what @versobooks will say about this, as Penguin Random House does their distribution.
December 15, 2016
The Iago Problem
I like the idea of Daniel Craig playing an Iago who’s not explained by psychological platitudes, so I liked this piece, though the author is a bit too forgiving of Othello for my taste. I think Iago is the greatest villain in all of literature. As I wrote in this essay:
A far more frightening villain than Lecter—indeed, I would say a more frightening villain than any other in fiction—is Iago, the protagonist of Shakespeare’s Othello, one of the most perfect tales of noir. (De...
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