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Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector Semantics
Read more: Updating Roman Jakobson’s ‘Poetic Function’ with Vector SemanticsKurzynski discusses how poetry extends beyond sound and rhythm and taps into a deeper network of meanings.
Hannah Arendt’s Untold Planetary Politics
In our current moment of climate crisis, Lucy Benjamin delves into the thinking of Hannah Arendt to unearth the environmentalism at its core
An Aberdonian Enlightenment: Reid, Campbell, Gerard and Beattie on David Hume
Gordon Graham re-assesses neglected critics of David Hume, four of whom formed the vanguard of Enlightenment thinking in Aberdeen.
The lost story of the Shetland Female Emigration Fund
Véronique Molinari explores how four people united forces to help young Shetlanders emigrate to Australia
Five Reasons to Discover George Anne Bellamy
Caroline Breashears introduces the theatre star and political insider who may have influenced one of the greatest 18th century philosophers
Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern Scotland
From royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record
Burying the Millet System: A New Understanding of the Ottoman Arrangements with Non-Muslims
Masayuki Ueno re-evaluates how the Ottoman Empire managed religious minorities from the early days of the empire to the nineteenth century.
The Pharmakon of Shame
Séan Kennedy and Joseph Valente, editors of Irish Shame, explore the intricate relationship between empathy and shame in this blog.
Decolonizing the human: Beginning from Edward Said’s humanism
Benjamin P. Davis explores the influence of Edward Said on his novel reading of humanity in decolonial theory.
Arriving with Deleuze
Peter Pál Pelbart reflects on his journey towards the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze, which began 40 years ago with a copy of Anti-Oedipus.