Why you should read: Plato’s Phaedrus
In this piece, Jeremy Fernando argues that, instead of going to a dating coach, or reading a self-help book from a ‘pick up artist’, one should go to the master himself–Socrates–and in particular his teachings from Plato’s Phaedrus. Is that
Why you should read: Plato’s Phaedrus
In this piece, Jeremy Fernando argues that, instead of going to a dating coach, or reading a self-help book from a ‘pick up artist’, one should go to the master himself–Socrates–and in particular his teachings from Plato’s Phaedrus. Is that
Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale
In Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale, Australian-Vietnamese writer Chi Vu re-imagines the Buddhist tale of a vicious murderer who collects his victims’ fingers, but is pacified and transformed when he encounters the Buddha. Vu’s Anguli Ma lives among struggling refugees
Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale
In Anguli Ma: A Gothic Tale, Australian-Vietnamese writer Chi Vu re-imagines the Buddhist tale of a vicious murderer who collects his victims’ fingers, but is pacified and transformed when he encounters the Buddha. Vu’s Anguli Ma lives among struggling refugees
Vedic scapegoating
This slim volume condenses and extends Girard’s path-making theory on mimesis – ideas that have set the standards in anthropological philosophy for much of the past thirty years. Sacrifice is translated from the 2003 French text, and Matthew Pattillo and
Vedic scapegoating
This slim volume condenses and extends Girard’s path-making theory on mimesis – ideas that have set the standards in anthropological philosophy for much of the past thirty years. Sacrifice is translated from the 2003 French text, and Matthew Pattillo and
Small Indiscretions
Many of the stories in Australian writer Felicity Castagna’s first collection, Small Indiscretions, occupy a tantalising space, one imagines, between fantasy and autobiography. In almost every case the protagonist is, like Castagna herself, a slight and quiet young woman. In
Small Indiscretions
Many of the stories in Australian writer Felicity Castagna’s first collection, Small Indiscretions, occupy a tantalising space, one imagines, between fantasy and autobiography. In almost every case the protagonist is, like Castagna herself, a slight and quiet young woman. In
“Trauma structures us, so hold on to it.”
“Trauma structures us, so hold on to it.” Avital Ronell to Jeremy Fernando. (The Suicide Bomber; and her gift of death, Jeremy Fernando, Atropos Press, page 193) With all first readings, comes the trauma of virginal encounters. After being thoroughly
“Trauma structures us, so hold on to it.”
“Trauma structures us, so hold on to it.” Avital Ronell to Jeremy Fernando. (The Suicide Bomber; and her gift of death, Jeremy Fernando, Atropos Press, page 193) With all first readings, comes the trauma of virginal encounters. After being thoroughly
My dream is yours … or, butterfly kisses …
Isn’t it quite amazing how the appearance of a butterfly can inject a stutter or pause into any conversation? Words and words pour out of the animals in assembly, before they are all of a sudden arrested by the passing
My dream is yours … or, butterfly kisses …
Isn’t it quite amazing how the appearance of a butterfly can inject a stutter or pause into any conversation? Words and words pour out of the animals in assembly, before they are all of a sudden arrested by the passing
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