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Monthly Archives May 2012

Identity games

I’ve recently seen the film Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, based on John le Carré’s novel with the same name. In the 1970’s a TV series based on the same novel, with Alec Guinness as George Smiley, was very popular in Britain. This film, with Gary Oldman as the protagonist, is supposed to be something like […]

Posted 14 May 2012 † johan § Life § Philosophy ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Books: Deleuze’s Nietzsche and De Landa’s Nonlinear History

In 2012, so far, I’ve finished two very evocative books. One is Deleuze’s Nietzsche and Philosophy. The other is Manuel De Landa’s 1000 Years of Nonlinear History. Deleuze’s Nietzsche is the author’s interpretation of Nietzsche’s thought. This is perhaps one of the most coherent interpretations of Nietzsche I’ve read. It succeeds in turning Nietzsche’s notoriously […]

Posted 03 May 2012 † johan § Philosophy ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,