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Wisdom on Wednesdays—Keeping our heritage of the Fine Arts alive

“While many of the boys I went to art school with have become famous, I have turned my back upon the popular styles in an honest attempt to do something toward keeping our heritage of the Fine Arts alive.”  (1959) mais 7 palavras

Carl Schmitt

Realism, Contemporary Politics, and John Milton

Category : Guest Articles.

University College Cork PhD student Andrea Di Carlo discusses the importance of political realism. Why, in some circumstances, it’s politically just to go against your moral principles. mais 1.109 palavras

Alfred The Great

Review of State of Exception by Giorgio Agamben

State of Exception (2005) is Agamben’s extended wrestling against Nazi theorist’s Carl Schmitt’s theory of sovereignty in the vein of Walter Benjamin. For Schmitt, the concept which binds together theology and politics is that of sovereignty. mais 1.842 palavras

Philosophy

Void ab initio: A legal history

“He who has real power is also capable of determining concepts and words,” wrote Nazi constitutional theorist Carl Schmitt. “Caesar dominus est supra grammaticam (Caesar is also the lord of grammar).” mais 641 palavras

Human Rights

Could A State Make A Stone…?

Image: A black and white sketch of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) lifted from Raphael’s famous The School of Athens. Averroes is often accredited as having originated the dastardly rock problem we’ll be talking about below. mais 3.025 palavras