Seeking the Principles of Power and Danger
Sunday, August 14, 2011
'Risk'
And then the day came,
When the risk to remain tight
In a bud
Was more painful
Than the risk
it took
to blossom.
- Anaïs Nin.
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Ideology and Symbolic power: Between Althusser and Bourdieu.
Western Marxism has often laid considerable stress upon the ideology of modern capitalist societies. This focus upon ideology stems from ...
'Risk'
And then the day came, When the risk to remain tight In a bud Was more painful Than the risk it took to blossom. - An...
The Nation-State, Core and Periphery: A Brief sketch of Imperialism in the 20th century.
At the dawn of the 20th century large colonial powers had carved up the world between themselves. ‘Core’ zones were marked by their lev...
Karen Armstrong on Women and Islam.
Karen Armstrong , in Islam: A Short History , summaries the condition of women within early Islam and the quranic prescriptions on ge...
Focus Groups: Research Design, Limitations and Potential.
Robert K. Merton The focus group has been employed extensively in market research since the late 1940s, from the 1990s it has bee...
The Japanese Economic Miracle: Creative Destruction and Administrative Guidance.
During a lecture before the Eugenics Society in 1937, British economist John Maynard Keynes stated that “a greater cumulative increment...
Punk-Style and Sub-Cultural Theory.
The role and significance of sub-cultural style and its relationship to mainstream culture, moreover its political connotations have bee...
European Cultural Hegemony and Australian Aboriginals
The relationship between the indigenous people of Australia and their native lands are essential to their traditional culture. The coloni...
Piero Sraffa’s Gesticulation.
The following quote relays an anecdote with regards to Piero Sraffa and his influence upon Ludwig Wittgenstein. I’ve hear of a similar story...
Review: Sun and Steel
A short Goodreads Review of Sun and Steel by Yukio Mishima that I wrote a little while ago. I have to say – I do not quite get the adorat...