Tag Archives: Stephen A. Diamond

ZONE OF THEIR OWN : HOBGOBLINS WITH SWORDS

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Dave

“At the very beginning of the long dialogue between thinkers that makes up western political theory there is Plato’s Republic, and at the very beginning of the Republic there is this strange and interesting exchange. Socrates asks an old man, … Continue reading →

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FROM THE CENTRE OF THEIR OWN CRYSTAL

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Dave

The mad person as a symbol is a living, breathing reproach to the skeptical, scientific view of humanity and the universe which underlies everything that used to be known as Progress. The mad person as metaphor is also the one … Continue reading →

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A RICH MAN’S JOKES ARE ALWAYS FUNNY

Posted on September 16, 2010 by Dave

It is about creating moments of recognition. Almost a delicious and delightful sense of reverse-traumatism. Anti-traumatism. Flying so far gone, its actually earth bound illusion. Barbara Kruger as a detonator of some kind of feeling or understanding of lived experience; … Continue reading →