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Forthcoming Group Discussions: Deconstruction & Pragmatism

I have selected the next book for our Saturday reading group, which we will begin in January: Deconstruction & Pragmatism. I’ve chosen it for several reasons. This book is an excellent choice for both new and existing members. It’s an exciting next step following our recent discussions on Understanding Poststructuralism, and stands out for being brief, accessible, and engaging. The book is a collection of contributions from Simon Critchley, Jacques Derrida, Ernesto Laclau, Richard Rorty,…

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Philosophy Psychoanalysis

Alireza Taheri: Interviews & Lectures

Dr. Alireza Taheri is a psychotherapist and psychoanalytic theorist with a primary focus on Lacanian theory. Among his published work is the book Hegelian-Lacanian Variations on Late Modernity: Spectre of Madness published by Routledge (2020) and a chapter titled “On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives,” featured in the collected volume On Psychoanalysis and Violence: Contemporary Lacanian Perspectives (Routledge, 2018). At present, Dr. Taheri is editing a volume on post-Lacanian philosophy. What I enjoy about…

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Re-Discovering the Richness of Everyday Life

Over the past two years, I have created a series of videos based on the book, Qualitative Inquiry in Everyday Life by Svend Brinkmann. I posted the final part a few days ago. In this post, I want to discuss the book’s importance and who can benefit from it. Why is this book important? First, it removes the boundary between “doing research” and living a human life. The book shows that so much of what…

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On Kantian Enlightenment

In his essay “What is Enlightenment?” Immanuel Kant proposes that to achieve enlightenment, one needs the freedom to make public use of their reason. Any such summary statement would run the risk of misunderstanding Kant’s position if we overlook the significance of the public itself. Kant defines public as a universal space potentially shared by all human beings, and private as a local and situational space specific to practical concerns. The public is a place…

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