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Cornel West’s Prophetic Pragmatism

Have you ever looked at the massive problems in our world, such as poverty, racism, inequality, and division, and felt completely torn between two different emotions? On one hand, you might feel a deep sense of anger and a desire to stand up and fight for justice,...

Judith Halberstam’s Female Masculinity

Have you ever noticed how our society automatically pairs certain human traits with specific biological bodies? From the moment we are born, we are taught that masculinity belongs entirely to men and that femininity belongs entirely to women. We often view masculinity...

Axel Honneth’s Recognition Theory

Have you ever stopped to think about what truly drives human conflict, social protests, and the deep emotional pain we feel when we are treated unfairly? When we look at major historical movements, such as the fight for civil rights, labor strikes, or modern campaigns...

Donna Haraway Staying with the Trouble

Have you ever looked at the massive, terrifying problems facing our planet today, such as climate change, the extinction of beautiful animal species, pollution, and endless political conflict, and felt completely overwhelmed by a wave of deep sadness or total...

Ruha Benjamin’s New Jim Code

Have you ever looked at a brand new, cutting-edge piece of technology, such as an artificial intelligence program, a smartphone application, or a sophisticated computer algorithm, and assumed it was completely fair, neutral, and free from human prejudice? Most of us...

Noam Chomsky’s Manufacturing Consent

Have you ever stopped to wonder how millions of people living in a free, democratic society can all look at complex world events and somehow end up believing the exact same things? In countries that live under strict, obvious dictatorships, the government controls the...

Hartmut Rosa’s Resonance Theory

Have you ever stopped to think about why your life feels so incredibly fast and frantic today? It seems that no matter how many time-saving applications we download on our smartphones, or how fast our home appliances become, we always feel like we are running late,...

Slavoj Žižek’s Ideology Critique

Have you ever watched a classic science fiction movie where the main character puts on a special pair of sunglasses and suddenly sees the world exactly as it is? Through these magical glasses, ordinary billboards no longer show colorful advertisements for vacations or...

Anthony Elliott’s Reinvention of Self

Have you ever noticed how often we talk about changing ourselves nowadays? If you scroll through your social media feeds, watch television, or look at the self-help books displayed at a local shop, you will see an endless stream of advice telling you to transform your...
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