LENIN AS POLITICAL THINKER

Marx, Lenin and Physical Culture

At the time Marx was writing, metaphysics was in the grip of a dualism that separated mind from matter and, under the influence of Christian theology, often exaggerated a distinction into an antagonism; in such a world-view, body and soul were seen as warring parties with the body cast as the villain of the piece. Marx rejected the dualist philosophy and stressed that not only was there an inti...

Philosophy as Literature: the Case of Borges I. Borges the Artist and Borges the Thinker

For you took it, taking a look, that he was there, supposing quite correctly that things would not have looked that way unless he was. (This is not Dretske's example, but I hope it does not botch his point.) The third point, implicit of course in those others, is -that, while in a sense what we can see is simply what is there to be seen, there is no such ineluctable limit to what we can 'get to...

The Unity of Kant’s Active Thinker

Translation as a Political Tragedy: A Study of the Political Function of Signs in Literature

In today's world, literature does not seem to be merely a piece of art for human's spiritual excellence, but is something likely controlled subtly and already planned for a specific purpose and specific audience. Through many literary works Harry Potter series seem to be the most effective work that took the lead. It is officially turned into a phenomenon for all generations. This article attem...

Counter-surveillance as Political Intervention?

This paper analyzes practices of counter-surveillance*/particularly against closed-circuit television systems in urban areas*/and theorizes their political implications. Counter-surveillance is defined as intentional, tactical uses, or disruptions of surveillance technologies to challenge institutional power asymmetries. Such activities can include disabling or destroying surveillance cameras, ...