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- (Very) Early Foucault on Humanism, Part 2: Heidegger?
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Month: October 2016
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One of the important parts in understanding neoliberalism as a particular dispositive of power (or perhaps a mode of biopower – that sort of distinction doesn’t matter here) lies in understanding the various techniques it deploys. After all, there is no “neoliberalism” or “neoliberal power” existing in the abstract; as Foucault repeatedly demonstrates, power can…
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How has the academic job market for philosophers changed in the recent past? I noted last year that it looked as though fewer tenure-track or equivalent jobs were being offered year to year from 2013 to 2015. This job market has just started, and if we look at the period of August 1st to October 20th…
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by Eric Schwitzgebel One of my regular TAs, Chris McVey, uses a lot of storytelling in his teaching. About once a week, he’ll spend ten minutes sharing a personal story from his life, relevant to the class material. He’ll talk about a family crisis or about his time in the U.S. Navy, connecting it back…
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This piece is in response to the discussion over at Daily Nous here. You should read it first; I’m posting here partly because what I’ve got to say is longer than would reasonably fit into a comment, and partly because I want to think a bit about how difficult the question of whether to launch…
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