Tag: critical theory

Chris Hedges – The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump

NB: Chris Hedges is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Presbyterian minister, and TV host. He is also one of the most perceptive commentators on contemporary politics. The only caveat I would place on his title is that ‘us’ is not just America. The entire global population is and has been placed at risk by the… Read More Chris Hedges – The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump

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Book review: The Hamlet Doctrine: Knowing Too Much, Doing Nothing

Around 1905 or 1906, Sigmund Freud wrote an essay, unpublished in his lifetime, called “Psychopathic Characters on the Stage.” The essay addressed the question of what we, as spectators, get out of watching people go crazy. Freud’s theory was that we’re fascinated by crazy characters because they help us express our own repressed impulses. Drama,… Read More Book review: The Hamlet Doctrine: Knowing Too Much, Doing Nothing

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