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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.
Event Catch-up: Vanessa Lemm in Conversation
We were delighted to host a fascinating online conversation with Vanessa Lemm about her book, Homo Natura: Nietzsche, Philosophical Anthropology and Biopolitics. The book expertly highlights the relevance of Nietzsche’s thinking about human nature for contemporary debates in biopolitics and posthumanism.…
“Flame I Am Assuredly”: Nietzsche on the Gift of Birthdays
That Nietzsche valued his own birthday is known to readers of his correspondence. After his mother appears to forget her son’s 44th birthday, he sends her a postcard four days later: “This time the old mother has forgotten the old…