For the longest time we’ve been misled by Descartes. We’ve been told time and again that our mind is the seat of the highest reason and emotions are a separate zone that has little to do with our critical faculties. In view of recent developments in neurosciences, we should rewire our understanding about what truly [...]
To talk about love is akin to bringing up an old sore to which each is to her own pain. (Ecstasy is usually consigned to the false prophets.) Much like talking about a creed, a faith, or a politic. This is so because love is strapped to the point of petrifaction with so many [...]
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Baik Deleuze maupun Badiou memandang multiplisitas sebagai sebuah persoalan yang belum tertuntaskan sejak Parmenides. Penelusuran masing-masing filsuf mengantar filsafat mutakhir ke sebuah titik bercabang antara intensitas sebuah kehidupan nomadis dan aksioma formalis subjektif.
Persoalan Satu dan Banyak (One and Many) berawal dari sebuah diskursus antara Parmenides dan Socrates yang dicatat oleh Plato dalam sebuah dialog bertajuk [...]
It’s a question often posed to me by foreign writers and scholars, maybe because I speak English or maybe they know me at one time as a bookseller and a publisher of translated works of Indonesian writers. In any case, it’s not an easy question to answer.
Most of us thought at first, with the international [...]
How often have we heard these refrains from parents about their children’s reading habits? They’re too engrossed with their Wii players to bother with books. Schoolwork has left them no time to curl up in a couch with a book. There are too many video games out there! Too many distractions, cable television programs: MTV, [...]
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