The Editorial Team of Borderless Philosophy is pleased to announce a Second Call for Submissions for our second issue (2019). Borderless Philosophy is a new and highly progressive philosophy journal, whose first issue, Borderless Philosophy 1 (2018), can be found HERE. Borderless Philosophy publishes works of philosophy without any in-principle restrictions whatsoever as to length, … [continue reading]
Monthly Archives: August 2018
A Radical Solution For “The Crisis in the Humanities.”
Mike Segar / Reuters I. So as not to leave you in suspense, here is my radical solution for “the crisis in the humanities”: higher education without commodification, aka HEWC. But before this no doubt surprising, if not downright baffling, assertion can have its proper philosophical impact, I’ll need to tell you what I think … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #12, 3 (August 2018): The Truth about Income Inequality, in Six Amazing Charts.
Starting in August 2018, Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is being delivered in weekly installments. Every installment contains (1) a recent article, (2) some follow-up thoughts for further reflection or discussion, and (3) a link for supplementary reading. “The Truth about Income Inequality, in Six Amazing Charts” By Michael Hiltzig Los Angeles Times, 7 AUGUST … [continue reading]
Resistance Rising: Socialist Strategy in the Age of Political Revolution. Foundations of Anarchism & Socialism 3
APP Editors’ Note: This is the third in a series on the historical and philosophical foundations of anarchism and socialism, with special reference to social anarchism (aka “anarcho-socialism,” “libertarian socialism,” etc.) and democratic socialism. We’ve decided to start with the Democratic Socialists of America, aka the DSA, and the Black Rose/Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation, aka … [continue reading]
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 7—The Philosophy of Old Age.
96. The philosophy of old age. Back in June, some dude named “Anthony Bourdain” died, apparently by suicide. I gathered from friends and the internet that he was a big deal—some sort of celebrity chef and Hunter S. Thompson-esque media personality and writer, with a twist of existentialism and a dash of progressive politics—but believe … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #12, 2 (August 2018): Epistocracy, Not Democracy?
Starting in August 2018, Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is being delivered in weekly installments. Every installment contains (1) a recent article, (2) some follow-thoughts for further reflection or discussion, and (3) a link for supplementary reading. “Epistocracy: A Political Theorist’s Case For Letting Only the Informed Vote” By Sean Illing Vox, 23 JULY 2018 … [continue reading]
Towards Freedom: Democratic Socialist Theory and Practice. Foundations of Anarchism & Socialism 2
APP Editors’ Note: This is the second in a series on the historical and philosophical foundations of anarchism and socialism, with special reference to social anarchism and democratic socialism. We decided to start with democratic socialism, in view of the sudden recent emergence of the Democratic Socialists of America, aka the DSA, as a significant … [continue reading]
Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines!, Issue #12, 1 (August 2018): The Quantified Heart.
Starting in August 2018, Philosophy Ripped From The Headlines! is being delivered in weekly installments. Every installment contains (1) a recent article, (2) some follow-thoughts for further reflection or discussion, and (3) a link for supplementary reading. “The Quantified Heart” By Polina Aronson and Judith Duportail Aeon, 12 JULY 2018 URL = https://aeon.co/essays/can-emotion-regulating-tech-translate-across-cultures In September … [continue reading]
I Feel It in My Bones, Therefore I Am.
We fall in love. We huddle together for comfort. We sway to the beat of our favorite songs. Over the course of a single day, we can feel joyful, anxious, sad, angry, and hopeful. These simple observations reveal the extent to which our mental lives are bound up with emotion and bodily feeling. Indeed, lived … [continue reading]
Thinking For A Living: A Philosopher’s Notebook 6—Faces, Masks, Personal Identity, and Teshigahara.
84. Faces, masks, personal identity, and Teshigahara. I’m seriously interested in Japanese cinema from the 1930s through the 1950s. But recently I watched a movie from that tradition and era that, for some strange reason, I’d never seen before, or even heard of—although I’d seen at least one other flick, the famous/notorious Woman in the … [continue reading]