„Rojava Revolution“? „Antistaatlich“? „Antikapitalistisch“? Oder eine neue...
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View ArticleGenealogy of Deconstruction and the Differantial Break
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Die Ansätze zur Erklärung und Kritik des anhaltenden Ausnahmezustands bewegen sich zwischen den beiden Polen Intention und Struktur. Die Intentionalisten nehmen die Profiteure der Situation als...
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View ArticleBaudrillard: After the Orgy
… If I had to name the present state of things, I would say that every explosive moment in the modern world is a moment of liberation in some area. The liberation of the political and the sexual, the...
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