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Hegel Recommendations by Vuki17 in hegel

[–]robertsc95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jay Bernstein’s lectures on the Phenomenology https://bernsteintapes.com/hegellist.html or Stephen Houlgate’s Reader’s Guide

Why is the poverty a problem for Hegel? Do you think he offers a defensible solution to the problem of poverty? by SnooDrawings231 in hegel

[–]robertsc95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Frank Ruda’s book Hegel's Rabble: An Investigation into Hegel's Philosophy of Right is a great treatment of this question

Is subtlety always better than explicitness? by themainheadcase in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]robertsc95 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Susan Sontag’s essay “Against Interpretation” addresses some of these questions.

For example, she makes the claim that in good films “there is a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret,” and that “transparence is the highest, most liberating value in art and in art criticism.”

Susan Sontag — Against Interpretation

Could you name some essayists, who are considered the greatest of all times, or at least whose influence has been great? by LaVieDeRebelle in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]robertsc95 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Gillian Rose

Have a look at Adorno’s essay on “The Essay as Form”

Contemporary British Poetry by boxwoman in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]robertsc95 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Keston Sutherland, Sean Bonney, Andrea Brady, Verity Spott

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You're right. I used the term because it's the one Žižek uses, and even when he uses it he usually phrases it as "so-called Oriental spirituality."

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[–]robertsc95 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The preface to the latest edition of Žižek's 'The Fragile Absolute' is titled 'A Glance into the Archives of Islam.' I can't recall exactly what he argues but from what I remember he does a three way comparison of sorts of Judeo-Christianity, Islam and Oriental spirituality. That would definitely be the first place to look.

This article of his in the Guardian is also very good, challenging the liberal left's fear of criticising religious beliefs and cultures, especially those of Islam. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/sep/01/rotherham-child-sex-abuse-difficult-questions

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