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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Intersectionality Explained: KimberlĂ© Crenshaw’s Theory and Social Justice Movements
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In academic papers, protest chants, and social media captions alike, one word has become central to the language of social justice: intersec...
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Symbolic Anthropology and Horace Miner’s “Body Ritual among the Nacirema”
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Symbolic anthropology is a branch of cultural anthropology that interprets cultural practices as systems of symbols and meanings. Instead o...
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Algorithmic Culture and Surveillance Capitalism: what we’re really selling when we scroll
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Data‑driven advertising isn’t just a new business model; it’s a cultural and political revolution. In her book The Age of Surveillance Capi...
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Love, Friendship, and Responsibility: Hannah Arendt Between Augustine and Heidegger
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Though best known for her work on totalitarianism, judgment, and the nature of political freedom, Hannah Arendt’s writings are also laced wi...
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Do We Read the Text or Our Culture? Understanding Social Reader-Response Theory
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While subjective Reader Response Theory emphasizes the personal experience of the reader, social reader-response theory—most notably devel...
Sunday, June 29, 2025
Why Foucault Resisted Ideology: Toward a Philosophy Without Dogma
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Michel Foucault was often asked: Was he a Marxist? A structuralist? A liberal? An anarchist? His answer was typically the same: no. He resi...
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Not Democracy, but Republic: What Hannah Arendt Really Thought About Freedom
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In modern discourse, “freedom” is often equated with individual rights, personal autonomy, or the absence of interference. But for Hannah Ar...
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