Killed by Achiles

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    On Leadership, between Dussel and Burnham

    For the past months I have struggled with several ideas pertaining to democratic theory. First, on the question of legitimacy (“what gives rulers legitimacy”). Second, on the methods towards electing —and maintaining— a leader (i.e., either presidentialism or parliamentarism, but also exact mechanisms of representation, either representative democracy or direct democracy). Third, and above all, relating to the perils of…

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    Anxiety (Not-Knowing) as Tool

    It has been some time since I last wrote. Perhaps it is the interminable tasks which surmount me, but I find that even in my free time, I am unable to think, to reason, to battle with my ideas. New arguments are presented constantly to me, more and more, and with each burst of novelty the speed at which texts…

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    Being as My Ancestors

    I remember, when I was possibly six or seven, that one night I was crying uncontrollably because I realized that at one time I would have to die, and this meant non-existence. This happened several nights. Thoughts stormed all over my head, from “what is non-existence”, to “how does it feel”, “how do we know it”, etc. My mother tried…

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    Autopoiesis, the self, the Other, and Episteme

    As a student of Philosophy and Politics, one naturally desires to eventually be one of the thinkers they so often read. That-be-it, become or transcend the space of the reader and gently sit in the chair of the writer. Oh, what satisfaction must that produce! But, what even gives the right-of-use to any thinker of the writer’s chair? It simply…