Simon Glendinning
@simonglend.bsky.social
Head of the European Institute and Professor of European Philosophy at LSE.
He thought he could resolve a party conflict in a national way. It did not resolve that conflict and proved a disaster for the nation he played politics with.
He reckoned on winning. Perhaps he could have if the image in Scotland (below) had been replicated nationally. He did not reckon on Corbyn.
He reckoned on winning. Perhaps he could have if the image in Scotland (below) had been replicated nationally. He did not reckon on Corbyn.
November 8, 2025 at 11:08 AM
He thought he could resolve a party conflict in a national way. It did not resolve that conflict and proved a disaster for the nation he played politics with.
He reckoned on winning. Perhaps he could have if the image in Scotland (below) had been replicated nationally. He did not reckon on Corbyn.
He reckoned on winning. Perhaps he could have if the image in Scotland (below) had been replicated nationally. He did not reckon on Corbyn.
If you are interested in what *might* be a possible “race without racism” conception, see the final footnotes to my recent (and also free!) paper on the formation of European Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Formation of European Studies
Academic studies of Europe in the postwar period increasingly focused on aspects of European integration. This development was led by contributions from the social sciences, not the humanities. The...
www.tandfonline.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
If you are interested in what *might* be a possible “race without racism” conception, see the final footnotes to my recent (and also free!) paper on the formation of European Studies: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Right - culture as a proxy for race: “spiritual racism”. This is something one can see in Husserl but is not, I think, Heidegger’s position (or Spengler’s for that matter) - which is more about a contrast between (anyone) having it and not having it, rather than a hierarchy of types. But it’s crazy…
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Right - culture as a proxy for race: “spiritual racism”. This is something one can see in Husserl but is not, I think, Heidegger’s position (or Spengler’s for that matter) - which is more about a contrast between (anyone) having it and not having it, rather than a hierarchy of types. But it’s crazy…
So the text I’m reading is Heidegger’s Black Notebooks. He doesn’t think the idea of breeding that is internal to the modern theory of race (as he understands it) is necessarily something thought through or thought out teleologically but he does think it has this drive towards deracialisation in it.
November 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
So the text I’m reading is Heidegger’s Black Notebooks. He doesn’t think the idea of breeding that is internal to the modern theory of race (as he understands it) is necessarily something thought through or thought out teleologically but he does think it has this drive towards deracialisation in it.
Fascinating. I am reading a text atm which argues that European race theory is inseparable from a “progressivist” theory of “breeding” that posits a telos of attained global deracialisation: everyone would have the same “block” characteristics. Marshall would doubtless favour Anglo-Saxon ones.
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Fascinating. I am reading a text atm which argues that European race theory is inseparable from a “progressivist” theory of “breeding” that posits a telos of attained global deracialisation: everyone would have the same “block” characteristics. Marshall would doubtless favour Anglo-Saxon ones.
And Neurath’s tract is perhaps even less convincing… (I confess, I am trying to do better myself.)
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 AM
And Neurath’s tract is perhaps even less convincing… (I confess, I am trying to do better myself.)
Have you read my work??
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Have you read my work??
Is the Adorno article the same one published under the title “Spengler Today”? That essay is fascinating - and strangely unconvincing in its appeal to a utopian hope in the effort to find a weak point in Spengler’s conception.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Is the Adorno article the same one published under the title “Spengler Today”? That essay is fascinating - and strangely unconvincing in its appeal to a utopian hope in the effort to find a weak point in Spengler’s conception.
I had not heard, so we’ve not already heard.
I thought the tracks I have listened to were hilarious. I really like the juxtaposition of the tunes and lyrics; very simple idea no doubt but also good fun and nicely done.
I thought the tracks I have listened to were hilarious. I really like the juxtaposition of the tunes and lyrics; very simple idea no doubt but also good fun and nicely done.
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I had not heard, so we’ve not already heard.
I thought the tracks I have listened to were hilarious. I really like the juxtaposition of the tunes and lyrics; very simple idea no doubt but also good fun and nicely done.
I thought the tracks I have listened to were hilarious. I really like the juxtaposition of the tunes and lyrics; very simple idea no doubt but also good fun and nicely done.
Perhaps my work in the deconstruction of onto-theology is finally pushing through.
But how will the markets react when they realise that giving up on ontology (the metaphysics of presence) calls for a counter conception best conceived as (to the ear indistinguishable [in French]) hauntology?
But how will the markets react when they realise that giving up on ontology (the metaphysics of presence) calls for a counter conception best conceived as (to the ear indistinguishable [in French]) hauntology?
November 5, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Perhaps my work in the deconstruction of onto-theology is finally pushing through.
But how will the markets react when they realise that giving up on ontology (the metaphysics of presence) calls for a counter conception best conceived as (to the ear indistinguishable [in French]) hauntology?
But how will the markets react when they realise that giving up on ontology (the metaphysics of presence) calls for a counter conception best conceived as (to the ear indistinguishable [in French]) hauntology?
Maybe - but you should check out what some humans are doing too though, in “art” making. The awful thing is not what human interactions with LLMs says about LLMs - but what they show up about humans (being sometimes uncannily alike to them).
November 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Maybe - but you should check out what some humans are doing too though, in “art” making. The awful thing is not what human interactions with LLMs says about LLMs - but what they show up about humans (being sometimes uncannily alike to them).
Some live things; specifically North American live things. There’s a lot of live things going on elsewhere that hardly get a look in on this American-centred (sic) “functional social media site”. Still: I actually do hope you enjoyed the amazing conclusion to the hilariously titled “World Series”.
November 2, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Some live things; specifically North American live things. There’s a lot of live things going on elsewhere that hardly get a look in on this American-centred (sic) “functional social media site”. Still: I actually do hope you enjoyed the amazing conclusion to the hilariously titled “World Series”.
And so were you @benbraun.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 10:04 AM
And so were you @benbraun.bsky.social
Oh! What would be a fair stab at some less sophisticated reasoning on this? Is this more like it: A concern with the personal health risks potentially arising from introducing “big pharma” materials into your body?
October 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Oh! What would be a fair stab at some less sophisticated reasoning on this? Is this more like it: A concern with the personal health risks potentially arising from introducing “big pharma” materials into your body?
Remember Donald Tusk’s remark in November 2019, where he said that "one of my English friends is probably right when he says with melancholy that Brexit is the real end of the British Empire".
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Remember Donald Tusk’s remark in November 2019, where he said that "one of my English friends is probably right when he says with melancholy that Brexit is the real end of the British Empire".
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social - apologies you were meant to be on this list…
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 AM
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social - apologies you were meant to be on this list…
Is it this: Many would not die even if they were not vaccinated. But many are alive who would not be if they were not vaccinated. The survival of individuals in the second set contributes to weakening the natural resilience of the herd, making it overall more vulnerable to epidemics etc.
October 31, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Is it this: Many would not die even if they were not vaccinated. But many are alive who would not be if they were not vaccinated. The survival of individuals in the second set contributes to weakening the natural resilience of the herd, making it overall more vulnerable to epidemics etc.
A solid set of articles on this extraordinary match. Source: ESPNcricinfo share.google/FYnES1Y23DHE...
Alyssa Healy on semi-final defeat: We did that to ourselves
Australia captain says they should have scored more than they did, and that they failed to take their chances
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October 31, 2025 at 6:52 AM
A solid set of articles on this extraordinary match. Source: ESPNcricinfo share.google/FYnES1Y23DHE...
Yes! Backing into the future. And Benjamin’s “theology-dwarf” was discussed in class today too - with Marxist ontology still carrying it inside itself (as a messianic eschatology).
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Yes! Backing into the future. And Benjamin’s “theology-dwarf” was discussed in class today too - with Marxist ontology still carrying it inside itself (as a messianic eschatology).