Generative Anthropology Summer Conference 2011, May 19-21

Anthropoetics

Anthropoetics' Spring issue 15:2 is available!

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No enemies on the Left

Although not all academics are radical leftists, all radical leftists are academics, in the sense that they are accepted, and often feted, by the academy. I have long been struck by the extreme political views of many of the most successful academicians, views that, far from acting as a handicap, are a factor in their [...]

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Postmodernity as White Guilt: Michael Haneke’s Caché (first impressions)

Michael Haneke’s Caché is one of the more interesting recent French films, even more interesting if you also watch the 20-minute interview with the German filmmaker. If I had more time I’d write a Chronicle on this subject.

Media intellectual Georges Laurent (Daniel Auteuil) finds a series of mysterious VCR tapes of his house and personal [...]

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