For P. T. K., an ever-enlightening interlocutor Socialism is a topic that, like many other contemporary “-isms,” I do not think has a particularly stable definition. One can provide rough histories of the topic that either associate it with the theorizing of figures like Karl Marx or reasonably connect it to the workers’ movements ofContinue reading “Socialism & Modernity: Considerations from George Grant”
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A Reflection on What Moves Us: Power & Force
In what is, in my view, one of the most audacious works of political theory written in the twentieth century, The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt formulates a distinction between two ways in which human beings relate to one another: power & force. This pairing is specified by her to have a meaning that is notContinue reading “A Reflection on What Moves Us: Power & Force”
A Note on Agentic Attribution
Now, how’s that for a pretentious title? The good news is, what I hope to briefly highlight herein is not so highfalutin and annoying as the title. Nevertheless, some may still be irritated because what I am discussing is, in some ways, a criticism of one way that people speak metaphorically despite that my concernContinue reading “A Note on Agentic Attribution”
The Folly in a Standard of Autonomy
The issues of vaccination and abortion have been at the forefront of recent cultural dialogue, at least in the US and Canada. In connection with both issues, there has been a continual emphasis on “autonomy” in one form or another. Both issues have seen many people focusing upon ‘bodily’ autonomy, though I must admit thatContinue reading “The Folly in a Standard of Autonomy”
Hoping for Clarity 