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On ideologies (2)
Read more: On ideologies (2)“Four main classes of explanation have been most frequently employed: the cathartic, the morale, the solidarity, and the advocatory. By the “cathartic explanation” is meant the venerable safety-valve or scapegoat theory. Emotional tension is drained off by being displaced onto symbolic enemies (“The Jews,” “Big Business,” “The Reds,” and so forth). The explanation is as…
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On ideologies
Read more: On ideologies“It is when neither a society’s most general cultural orientations nor its most down-to-earth, “pragmatic” ones suffice any longer to provide an adequate image of political process that ideologies begin to become crucial as sources of sociopolitical meanings and attitudes. In one sense, this statement is but another way of saying that ideology is a…
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On true life
Read more: On true life“The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever. The true life takes place when we’re alone, thinking, feeling, lost in memory, dreamingly self-aware, the submicroscopic moments.” Don DeLillo – Point Omega (2010).
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On the solitude of writing
Read more: On the solitude of writing“The person who writes books must always be enveloped by a separation from others. That is one kind ofsolitude. It is the solitude of the author, of writing. To begin with, one must ask oneself what the silence surrounding one is—with practically every step one takes in a house, at every moment of the day,…
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Quote of the day
Read more: Quote of the day“It is thus very naive to look for ethnology in the Savages or in some Third World – it is here, everywhere, in the metropolises, in the White community, in a world completely cataloged and analyzed, then artificially resurrected under the auspices of the real, in a world of simulation, of the hallucination of truth,…
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Quote of the day
Read more: Quote of the day“I believe that it is difficult to kill an idea because ideas are invisible and contagious, and they move fast. I believe that you can set your own ideas against ideas you dislike. That you should be free to argue, explain, clarify, debate, offend, insult, rage, mock, sing, dramatize, and deny. (…) I believe that…
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Quotes of the day
Read more: Quotes of the day“Words! Words! The Way is beyond language, for in it there is no yesterday no tomorrow no today! “Do not search for the truth; only cease to cherish opinions.” “Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand.” “The Perfect Way is only difficult for those who pick and choose. Do not…
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Celebrating New Beginnings: My Prose in O Mie de Semne
Read more: Celebrating New Beginnings: My Prose in O Mie de SemneDear friends, I hope you’ve had a wonderful New Year’s celebration! I am happy to report that my year has started well: after a wonderful afternoon skiing in #Tirol (albeit with a cold), I received word that a short #prose I authored was picked up by O mie de semne, a Romanian #literary #magazine. Here…
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Quote of the day
Read more: Quote of the day“The way we use language to describe the Other is a large part of what gives that Other their humanity.” Toward Eternity – Anton Hur
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My 2024 Retrospective
Read more: My 2024 RetrospectiveIt’s that time of the year again: hot cocoa, mulled wine, and… retrospectives. You can read mine (in Romanian) here: https://atelier.liternet.ro/articol/49103/Andreea-Sepi/Drumuri-intre-acasa-si-acasa-sau-viata-ca-un-roller-coaster-2024.html. Or you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube to see what I’ve been up to and to stay tuned for what I’m doing next! Keep an eye out for my next…
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New month, new book
Read more: New month, new bookThis coming Thursday, 19.12. at 19:00 EET, join me and other authors in my hometown of Timisoara, Romania to launch a book that talks about the city’s hidden spots and secret moments. UndergroundTM – Orasul care nu se vede, now in its third edition. My short prose, A Tramcar Called December (Un tramvai numit decembrie)…
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