Congo research - Michel Foucault: Truth and Power Michel Foucault: Truth and Power In "Truth and Power" Michel Foucault revisits the major theoretical trends and questions of his career. He is a thinker who knows no bounds of subject or field. His ideas stretch from literature to science, from psychology to labor. He deals in a currency that is accepted everywhere: truth and power. "Truth and Power" is an excerpted version of an interview with Alesandro Fontana and Pasquale Pasquino that initially appeared as "Intervista a Miche Foucault" in Microfiseca del Poetere in 1977. At this level it's not so much a matter of knowing what external power imposes itself on science, as of what effects of power circulate among scientific statements, what constitutes, as it were, their internal regime of power, and how and why at certain moments that regime undergoes a global modification. This idea echoes Thomas Kuhn's ideas about paradigm shifts in a science, and even reverberates back to Dryden's statements about every age's "universal genius."
Congo research - The Missing Value in British Politics In this taster of his forthcoming book, Why Voice Matters: Culture and Politics After Neoliberalism, Nick Couldry argues for the importance of voice in challenging the dominance market values hold over political and social life. With an approaching general election, we will get used to dissecting the rival claims of political parties. But what if the real lack in British politics is not being addressed at all? I mean the failure of major political actors to develop values that challenge the dominance of market discourse which has gripped politics since the late 1970s. 'Neoliberalism', as such discourse is usually known, is much more than the championing of market forces. Foucault’s late lectures trace how, from late 18th century until today, US and Austro-German economic theory made a claim to be political theory. This transformation is now so embedded in how we think that it needs a “counter-rationality” to challenge it. One source is neoliberalism's master discipline, economics.
Congo research - Nick Couldry The wealth of responses to the horrific events of 11 September in openDemocracy is only one index of their global impact. Among the contributors, Brendan O’Leary and Tom Nairn each underline the significance of the ‘silence’ that surrounded them, the absence of any expression of wider purpose from their perpetrators. Brendan O’Leary suggests one explanation for this chilling silence. If those responsible considered their actions ‘self-evidently right’, the latter would be ‘value rational’ rather than ‘instrumentally rational’. A religious motive, rather than (for example) a political or territorial one, is a matter for true believers, beyond rational discussion; for them, it needs no wider justification. But what if these acts were also instrumentally rational? And if this is so, an immediate priority must be to grasp the contours of the symbolic landscape within which these acts made such compelling sense. The global media landscape The point is not a rhetorical one. Three ways forward
Congo research - chaos.pdf (application/pdf Object) Congo research - "The West Is Terrified of Arabic Democracies", Noam Chomsky interviewed by Qantara Mr. Chomsky, many people claim that the Arab world is incompatible with democracy. Would you say that the recent developments falsify this thesis? Noam Chomsky: The thesis never had any basis whatsoever. The Arab-Islamic world has a long history of democracy. It's regularly crushed by western force. In internal discussions in 1958, which have since been declassified, President Eisenhower spoke about a campaign of hatred against us in the Arab world. That means that western democracies prevented the emergence of democracies in the Arab world? Chomsky: I won't run through the details, but yes, it continues that way to the present. So you were not surprised at all by the Arab Spring? Chomsky: Well, I didn't really expect it. But in Egypt they remember, and that's only one in a long series of militant strike actions. Obama's predecessor, George W. Today it's similar. Chomsky: I read the article, it's very good. Some criticize the Arab intellectuals for being too silent, too passive.
Congo research - Helvette på Utøya (utoyahelvete) Har valgt å opprette denne bloggen, egentlig mest for min egen del. trenger å ha en plass å skrive. Jeg kommer til å skrive fra det minuttet jævelen begynte å skyte til det minuttet jeg var trygg. Jeg kommer til å forklare vonde hendelser som kan være tungt å lese. Bildene i hodet mitt er enda uklare, ting har ikke enda kommet på plass. Vi var alle samlet i storsalen, vi skulle snakke om Oslo tragedien, eksplosjonen. Så hørte jeg noe som liknet på raketter og tenkte hvem i helvettes navn er det som tuller med dette nå. Jeg løp først alene, så oppdaget jeg Åse, tok tak i henne og løp. Det føltes ut som flere timer, men det var minutter. Jeg samlet mine hender og snakket til Gud, jeg prøvde samtidig å holde de andre rolige. Jeg ville forsikre meg at det var trygt, jeg gikk først ut til vannkanten så ser jeg en ligger med hodet ned i vannet. Jeg ser alle begynner å kle av seg, alle vet det er tungt å svømme med tøy. Jeg ser en kompis skal til å hoppe ut, og på sekundet var han skutt.
Congo research - 8 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Concentrating “Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder. Mike was in his room writing a paper for his U.S. History class. On his desk next to his computer sat crunched Red Bulls, empty Gatorade bottles, some extra pocket change and scattered pieces of paper. Mike made a shift about every thirty seconds between all of the above. Do you know a person like this? The Science Behind Concentration In the above account, Mike’s obviously stuck in a routine that many of us may have found ourselves in, yet in the moment we feel it’s almost an impossible routine to get out of. When we constantly multitask to get things done, we’re not multitasking, we’re rapidly shifting our attention. Phase 1: Blood Rush Alert When Mike decides to start writing his History essay, blood rushes to his anterior prefrontal cortex. Phase 2: Find and Execute Phase 3: Disengagement While in this state, Mike then hears an email notification. The process repeats itself sequentially. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Occupations around the world - the live streams This page is updated continuously - please leave a comment below if you know of any occupations that are not listed here. You can also reach me here or email me at occupy@fredrikwalloe.com. If you're looking for a particular live stream, it's easier to search the site. In Firefox you press Ctrl+F to do this. If you're looking for, say, Moscow, you type in 'Moscow', or #OccupyMoscow. Thanks to all who helped create this list, and to 'Riad' in particular, who got in touch with me early on. Occupations in the UK: The 'official' #OccupyLSX live stream: #OccupyLSX, by @bc_tmh: Remember to press the red 'live' button at the top of the screen, or you might find yourself watching an older recording instead of the live broadcast. #OccupyLSX, by @queerresistance: The Guardian is also covering the event here. #OccupyEdinburgh: Streaming video by Ustream #OccupyBirmingham or #OccupyBhamuk Video streaming by Ustream #OccupyGlasgow: Occupations in the US: New York: #OccupyAvaazWallStreet or #AvaazWallStreet: