by Oscar Delaney Intellectual property rights are widely believed to be the only plausible way to incentivise productive but risky…
Reading Adorno with Fisher: Capital, (Inter)passivity and Cultural Malaise
by Will Partridge In the Dialectic of Enlightenment, Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer outline their conception of the ‘culture industry’;[i] a…
The Stateless and the State: A Modern Social Contract?
by Josh Grainger Whilst being a refugee is the bleak reality for more than twenty-six million people, and it has…
Foucault and the Unravelling of Liberalism
by Kevin Le Merle Michel Foucault’s work has served to undermine the liberal Canon by calling into question the way we…
Creativity x Autonomy: A Collaboration that Instrumentalises Autonomy under Oppressive Circumstances
by Madison Mamczur Adaptive preference formation describes individuals’ preferences that are inconsistent with basic flourishing, and which are formed under…
A Buddhist Perspective on Suicide
by Chara Scroope The following video includes themes of suicide which may trigger some viewers. Note: Both Exordium and the…
Kantian Aesthetics and Morality: A Comparison of the Beautiful and the Sublime
by David Fan At the start of Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant presents to us the “great chasm that separates the…
Little Aphrodisiac
by Marnie Ball Open. A whimsical woodland Of pastel beauty, and secret pleasure. Close. Cherish the silence A moment for…
The True Point of Departure in the Early Modern Period
by Rory Brown This is an edited reprint of an original version of this essay which originally appeared in AustLit…
Existential Gravity: Relationships and Nietzsche’s Eternal Return in The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Serena May The Unbearable Lightness of Being, written by Milan Kundera, expands on the concepts of existential weight and…
Plato’s Bakery: A Dialogue on Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”
by Sourena Borzoo Plato: Hi, welcome to The Realm of Form’s Bakery. What can I get you? Sourena: Hey, could I just…
Understanding Climate Activism using Arendt’s Theory of Political Judgement
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Nietzsche on Nihilism: Terrifying Reality or Liberating Opportunity?
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Contents: Issue 7
Issue 7: June 2019 Philosophy as a Way of Life — Arden Cadallo-Dent This essay explores the philosophical methods known…
Is Being Worth It? Martin Heidegger’s Deeper Ontology
By Ryan Morgan-Kleinman Throughout Martin Heidegger’s long and tumultuous career, the quest to reveal the true nature of ‘Being’ lay…
Lyotard: A Rephrasing of Silence and the ‘Political’
By Tia Wolf “One of the aims of critical Philosophy is to dispute traditional modes of thinking and the historical…
On The Modern University as an Ideological State Apparatus
By Drew Pavlou The modern university is cold, alienating and lifeless. The neoliberal university serialises students, stripping them of their…
Poetic Reflections
By Anonymous Mind’s Eye Racing Through a Grove of Words Mind’s eye racing through a grove of words, and bushels formed…
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