Radical Reflections

Martin Heidegger's magnum opus, "Being and Time," delves into the fundamental question of Being, a concept he argues has been ...

Literally meaning, “the love of wisdom”, most of (western) philosophy started out as an eminently practical activity in Ancient Greece⇁it wa...

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of beauty and, hence, serves as the foundation of the philosophy of art. Ana...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's critique of modern civilization is contained in two essays, "Discourse on the Arts and Sciences" and ...

 “ To want nothing. Just to wait, until there is nothing left to wait for. Just to wander, and to sleep. To let yourself be carried along by...

In the late nineteenth century, a divide started to emerge in western philosophy: first, the British and American “analytic philosophy”, whi...

Karl Marx's analysis of the mode of production and Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic theories offer profound insights into the workings...

In contemporary society, the pervasive influence of capitalism extends beyond the economic realm into the psychological well-being of indivi...

Karl Marx, one of the most influential thinkers in history, was profoundly shaped by the ideas of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Although Ma...

The concentration of wealth in the hands of a few is a persistent and growing phenomenon in modern society. Understanding how the rich get r...

The critique that schools and colleges primarily serve to mold individuals into compliant 9-5 workers is not new. This view contends that ed...

In a capitalist society where most hours of an individual are lost in work just to ensure one's survival, not everyone has the privelage...

Karl Marx, a towering figure in the realm of social theory, introduced the concept of alienation as a multifaceted phenomenon impacting indi...

Antonio Negri's seminal work, "Empire," offers a profound analysis of the contemporary global order, challenging conventional ...

“Suffering and hardwork are necessary for a good life”, “We should learn to adapt easily to fit in different environments” and other stateme...

In his work, The Ghosts of My Life, which is a collection of writings, the author Mark Fisher argues that we are haunted by futures that fai...

This essay summarizes the major concepts of psychoanalysis, a revolutionary theoretical framework that psychologist Sigmund Freud developed ...

The Story of Stuff is a short animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods. Although, from a shallow watching of the documenta...

When someone asks the question, “What is the purpose of (human) life?”, they usually do so from an individualistic perspective, and in this ...

“The whole Walt Disney ideology eats out of your hand with these pretty little sentimental creatures. For my own part, I believe that behind...

American Psycho was released in 2000 and is based on a novel of the same name by Bret Easton Ellis (1991). The film is a satire on ‘80s yupp...

In his essay, " Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses ", Louis Althusser presents a thought-provoking analysis of ideology an...

Modernity and tradition are often seen as antagonistic forces, especially in the non-western world, which might be due to the western origin...

This is a 1656 painting called "Las Meninas" by the leading artist of the Spanish Golden Age, Diego Velazquez:

Post-structuralism, commonly also referred to post-modernism, is a school of thought in the humanities and social sciences, that developed i...

Sigmund Freud, the revolutionary psychologist and his theoreticla framework called Psychoanalysis, are generally misunderstood by contempora...

During the COVID crisis, many YouTube channels providing accessible content on critical theory and philosophy have emerged due to the heigth...