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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Autonomy

Monday, January 21, 2008

Why is it the case that I’m persuaded by – or, at least, amenable to – arguments regarding the autonomy of the political (Schmitt) or the (relative) autonomy of the state (certain readings of Marx), but I’m not particularly persuaded by – or, at least, amenable to – arguments regarding the autonomy of the law [...]

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Interdisciplinary Legal Studies

Sunday, January 20, 2008

As is often the case with those who study law in the context of the humanities and the social sciences and those who study law in the context of a professional law school, disagreements and discussions regularly arise as to the place of non-professionally oriented legal scholarship and research in the academy. There is a [...]

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Symposium – Spinoza: Ethics, Interpretation, Power

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

(Not that this should convince anyone to go, but I am moderating Montag’s session.)
SPINOZA: ETHICS, INTERPRETATION, POWER
February 1 & 2, 2008
York Lanes (Offices)
York University, Toronto.
What is the relationship of ethics, interpretation and power in Spinoza? What demands does examination of that relationship place upon the reader? How does that relationship come alive for us today? [...]

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“Liberal Fascism”

Thursday, January 10, 2008

The biggest problem with discussions of Jonah Goldberg’s book, Liberal Fascism, isn’t that critics nit-pick, fight him on his own terrain, or engage in Berubean mockery. The problem with critics – and, indeed, with their object of criticism itself – is that they reify the idea of a “political spectrum” and attempt to objectively [...]

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Boneheads

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Bone-headed.

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Rich Get Richer

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

From the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives:
New Year’s party still going for top CEOs 
TORONTO – By the time most Canadians roll up their sleeves to begin a new year of work, Canada’s best paid 100 CEOs will already be having a good year: They’ll pocket the national average wage of $38,998 by 10:33 am January [...]

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