Anthropogenèse

Ethics – On faith

It is always a complicated question when it comes to knowledge and truth, and the propension of groups to try to push forward what they would consider as a truthful depiction of reality. Whether science or religion, many would tend to affirm that the system of representation that they would use is right and should… Lire la suite Ethics – On faith

Anthropogenèse

V – Inertia, metaphor, oxymoron and conceptual flexibility

Text in pdf : Clémence Ortega Douville - The place the hands can't seek - V - Inertia, metaphor, oxymoron and conceptual flexibility 'Oui, je suis horrifié à l'idée qu'une femme que j'aime et qui a répondu à mon amour puisse se donner à un autre sans aucune pitié pour moi. Mais dans ce cas… Lire la suite V – Inertia, metaphor, oxymoron and conceptual flexibility

Anthropogenèse

III – Self-destructiveness and the urban world

Text in pdf : Clémence Ortega Douville - The place the hands can't seek - III - Self-destructiveness and the urban world   To think demands distance. It demands room, space, and the possibility to distend time. Saint Augustine was quite aiming at it when he wondered about this distentio animi in his Confessions. Time… Lire la suite III – Self-destructiveness and the urban world

Anthropogenèse

On violence and aggression

Text in pdf : Clémence Ortega Douville - On violence and aggression While reading Jacques Lacan's conference on The four fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis, I happened to think back of this article I wanted to write - to explain a bit more our use of the concept of violence, its connection to the morals and… Lire la suite On violence and aggression