Communication

All things related to communication in a very broad sense. Things posted in this category may be related to mass media but are certainly not related to it. In a more general meaning, communication is the process by which things come into relation with one another. It also has a lot to do with the concept of community, with the idea of gift and debt and, last but not least, with phenomena related to separation and destruction (as a side effect of the coming-together which is usually associated with communication).

“Diogenes and Plato” Mattia Preti, 1649; retrieved from Google Art & Culture

Diogenes washing vegetables: a parabole about philosophy and politics

Some authors affirm that the following also belongs to him: that Plato saw him washing lettuces, came up to him and quietly said to him, “Had you paid court to Dionysius, you wouldn’t now be washing lettuces,” and that he with equal calmness made answer, “If you had washed lettuces, you wouldn’t have paid court […]

• By Philippe Theophanidis on May 10, 2020 ― Published in Communication | Tagged: Diogene the Cynic, Diogenes Laertius, Heidegger, philosophy, Plato, politics

Giorgio Agamben and the coronavirus pandemic: interventions

☛ Una voce di Giorgio Agamben, Quodlibet (publisher). Una voce di Giorgio Agamben is a an online platform where Giorgio Agamben has been publishing short public interventions in Italian since March 2017. It is hosted and maintained by the Italian publisher Quodlibet, where many of Giorgio Agamben’s books have been published. On February 26, 2020, […]

• By Philippe Theophanidis on May 3, 2020 ― Published in Communication | Tagged: Agamben, biopolitics, coronavirus, pandemic

The Sacred Conspiracy, London: Atlas Press, 2017, pp. 176-177.

Georges Bataille: “Remember That in War Is Truth”

From now on, your joy will debase and trample underfoot your repose, your sleep, and even your suffering. Remember that truth is not stable ground but the ceaseless movement that destroys all that you are and all that you see. REMEMBER THAT IN WAR IS TRUTH You will not cease before you recognize yourself as […]

• By Philippe Theophanidis on December 28, 2018 ― Published in Communication, Literature | Tagged: Acéphale, Bataille, community, Heraclitus, war

“Dijon (Côte-d’Or), le 23 décembre 1951. Il est 15 heures quand 250 enfants mettent le feu à un mannequin à barbe blanche sur le parvis de la cathédrale Sainte-Bénigne. PHOTOPQR/Le Bien public” (image retrieved from Le Parisien).

Lévi-Strauss and the Execution of Father Christmas

Father Christmas was hanged yesterday afternoon from the railings of Dijon Cathedral and burnt publicly in the precinct. This spectacular execution took place in the presence of several hundred Sunday school children. It was a decision made with the agreement of the clergy who had condemned Father Christmas as a usurper and heretic. He was […]

• By Philippe Theophanidis on December 24, 2018 ― Published in Communication | Tagged: anthropology, Christmas, Lévi-Strauss, structuralism