It’s thirty years since Jacques-Alain Miller’s made a presentation on the “Ironic Clinic”[1] which contrasted humour as “inscribed in the perspective of the Other” as Lacan discusses it in Seminar […]
There is a surprising paradox in the political life of post-communist societies. Surprising to traditional political values. The totalitarian communist parties in our countries have become socialist by name and […]
In the United States, many Americans within a generation or two of my age—meaning, many Americans—recognize the musician Bruce Springsteen as “The Boss.” Springsteen’s songwriting, his lyrics, and his marathon, […]
We are all translators, readers, interpreters. We are all translated, read, interpreted. Translation, reading, interpretation, occupy a central, crucial place in our existence since before we are born and beyond […]
In Argentina, abortion is only legal in cases of rape or danger to a woman’s life and health. Beyond these exceptions, if a woman wants to have an abortion, she […]
The artist precedes the activist. On August 29, 1952, at the Maverick Concert Hall south of Woodstock, New York, “pianist David Tudor sat down at the piano on the small […]
Piers Morgan exploded on Good Morning Britain, on Tuesday 3 July 2018 – “What is going wrong with this country?” A heated exchange of words ensued. He implied that the […]
#LostInMigration could be the syntagm of our times for millions of people across the globe who have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war. As […]
With the work of artist Rosemarie Trockel, feminism will disclose on its own terms. Relative to women’s attributes, hotplates avouch for her breast, her face… household artifacts, the stoves, knives, […]
On May 25, an exceptional symposium will be held at the Tel-Aviv Museum, where an Israeli film called “Do not Forget Me” will be screened at a pre-premiere screening after […]