Category Archives: Political

Introduction (Yet Again)

This blog began as a project for a graduate school pedagogical class (and looking back on it,  a pretty good one at that). In the course of graduate school, however, the impetus to maintain, write, and post things on this … Continue reading Continue reading

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Introduction (Yet Again)

This blog began as a project for a graduate school pedagogical class (and looking back on it,  a pretty good one at that). In the course of graduate school, however, the impetus to maintain, write, and post things on this … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Political

Mad Men and Modernity: A Preview

It has been awhile (a little over a month) since I posted anything here. I want to make sure that this brief lull in posts is not indicative that I no longer care about this blog or will no longer … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Political, Pop Culture

Who Loves The Sun? (or aka Why I Hate Daylight Savings Time)

This is an attempt to outline some thoughts on daylight savings time (DST). I suggest that DST is, literally, the power of the state to change time itself. That is, our perception, demarcation, and the way in which we go … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in Political, sovereignty, state of exception

Examining Hardt + Negri’s “The Empire Trilogy” Part II: Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire

I have had a “change of Hardt” regarding “The Empire Trilogy.” Hardt & Negri’s (H+N) Multitude: War and Democracy in the Age of Empire is perhaps the best work of the trilogy. In this assessment I will discuss this change, … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in 9/11, globalization, Political, sovereignty, state of exception

Foucault Rant

Yesterday I was attempting to write the second of The Empire Trilogy blog posts that I began the previous day. The entry on Hardt and Negri’s (H+N) Multitude: War and Democracy In The Age of Empire, to my surprise, turned … Continue reading Continue reading

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Examining Hardt + Negri’s “The Empire Trilogy” – Part I

Next week on Thursday, February 23rd the ASPECT PhD program in association Foreign Languages and Literature is sponsoring the visit of chair and professor of foreign literature at Duke University Dr. Michael Hardt visit to Virginia Tech. He will be … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in globalization, Political, sovereignty

Media + The Appearance of Truth

Francois Debrix’s (Virginia Tech’s ASPECT Program Director and Professor of Political Science) Tabloid Terror: War, Culture, and Geopolitics is an engaging critical discourse analysis concerning the development of a particular discursive formation(s)[1] he suggests dominates the post-9/11 political and cultural … Continue reading Continue reading

Posted in 9/11, globalization, Political

Globalize This! A Note to Self

Before moving forward today, let’s look at this politically incorrect Internet meme: You got it. Mass-marketed commodities like losing “big game” t-shirts, sweaters, hats, and so forth (along with all sorts of damaged goods Western consumers won’t touch) end up … Continue reading Continue reading

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