In the study of German history, there is the notion of sonderweg, literally the “special path,” down which the German people are fated to wander. In different eras, and depending on who employed it, the term could imply different things. It began as a positive myth during the imperial period that some German scholars told themselves about their political system and culture. During and after World War II it turned distinctly negative, a way for outsiders to make sense of the singularity of Germany’s crimes.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Andrew Lugg. Wittgenstein's Investigations. A Guide and Interpretation
It now seems to me preferable to use the non-technical language Wittgenstein himself favoured and to avoid even the slightest suggestion that he is examining a well-defined philosophical position. As I see it, the power and drama of the Investigations resides largely in the way Wittgenstein digs out and comes to terms with philosophical conceptions that grip us, and it subverts what he is attempting to achieve to belittle the diversity of the intuitions he is at pains to combat.
https://www.questia.com/read/108090561/wittgenstein-s-investigations-1-133-a-guide-and
https://www.questia.com/read/108090561/wittgenstein-s-investigations-1-133-a-guide-and
Against unifying theory, history as a chaotic jumble instead of a linear process.
Yet whether viewed from within or without, left or right, the Germans could be seen through such a lens to possess some collective essence — a specialness — capable of explaining everything. In this way, one could speak of a trajectory “from Luther to Hitler” and interpret history not as some chaotic jumble but as a crisp, linear process.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/ta-nehisi-coates-whiteness-power.html
Ai Weiwei on His Documentary on Refugees
The United Nations says there are now more refugees worldwide than at any time since World War II. The journey and struggle of these 65 million refugees is the subject of Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei’s epic new documentary. It’s called “Human Flow.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/9/human_flow_world_renowned_artist_activist
https://www.democracynow.org/2017/10/9/human_flow_world_renowned_artist_activist
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Moscú: El sonido y la furia
En los años noventa todo indicaba que teníamos un veredicto definitivo sobre el fracaso del experimento soviético. Su violenta incomprensión de lo que mueve a los individuos y a las sociedades se había traducido en una asfixia de la sociedad civil que gangrenó el sistema hasta colapsarlo.
http://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=33927
http://www.nexos.com.mx/?p=33927
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