Artis Ostups
@artisostups.bsky.social
Researcher at University of Latvia | Lecturer at Art Academy of Latvia | Editor at Punctum | Poet and translator | Working in trauma studies, philosophy of history, and modernist studies, with a focus on Latvian literature | Posts in English and Latvian
Embrace fascism or be abandoned?
BBC: "On Europe, Vance says the US will continue to have "important alliances", but the strength of the relationship depends on whether they take their "societies in the right direction"."
BBC: "On Europe, Vance says the US will continue to have "important alliances", but the strength of the relationship depends on whether they take their "societies in the right direction"."
February 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Embrace fascism or be abandoned?
BBC: "On Europe, Vance says the US will continue to have "important alliances", but the strength of the relationship depends on whether they take their "societies in the right direction"."
BBC: "On Europe, Vance says the US will continue to have "important alliances", but the strength of the relationship depends on whether they take their "societies in the right direction"."
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COMMENTARY: At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a henchman of the US or breaking free to steer its own course.
And it must decide quickly.
And it must decide quickly.
The fight for Europe is on
At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a satrap of the U.S. or breaking free to steer its own course — and it must decide quickly.
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February 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
COMMENTARY: At a time of intensifying great power competition, the EU has to choose between becoming a henchman of the US or breaking free to steer its own course.
And it must decide quickly.
And it must decide quickly.
Currently reading this book, edited by Natan Elgabsi and Bennett Gilbert, as I finalize my dissertation on nonlinear time in contemporary Latvian fiction. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ethics-an...
Ethics and Time in the Philosophy of History
This interdisciplinary volume connects the philosophy of history to moral philosophy with a unique focus on time. Taking in a range of intellectual traditions,…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Currently reading this book, edited by Natan Elgabsi and Bennett Gilbert, as I finalize my dissertation on nonlinear time in contemporary Latvian fiction. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ethics-an...
Reading the news these days reminds me of Mona Hatoum's 2006 work, "Hot Spot," which I had the chance to see in Helsinki about ten years ago.
November 29, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Reading the news these days reminds me of Mona Hatoum's 2006 work, "Hot Spot," which I had the chance to see in Helsinki about ten years ago.
Today, with my students, we discussed the Chernobyl trauma as part of the Anthropocene narrative. Our conversation focused on a chapter from Anna Barcz’s insightful book on East European environmental cultures: www.bloomsbury.com/us/environme...
Environmental Cultures in Soviet East Europe
For more than 40 years Eastern European culture came under the sway of Soviet rule. What is the legacy of this period for cultural attitudes to the environment…
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November 29, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Today, with my students, we discussed the Chernobyl trauma as part of the Anthropocene narrative. Our conversation focused on a chapter from Anna Barcz’s insightful book on East European environmental cultures: www.bloomsbury.com/us/environme...