Drowning in Vitriol
Blog URL http://drowninginvitriol.blogspot.com
Located Melbourne, Victoria Australia
Tags philosophy culture, philosophy, culture, reviews, society, literature, films, tv, society
Maladjusted rants on philosophy and politics, literature and love; on good prose and bad thinking. Rants and reviews (of films, books, tv) + musings and complaints against everything hollow and pretentious in our age.
Latest Blog Posts
- Bread and Wine on Nov 14, 2009 in graham harman john milbank community philosophy
Okay. This is my favourite passage from John Milbank's "Being Reconciled":"...For while libertarianism insists that the future lies with the isolated 'reflective' individual, managing and manipulating a plethora of life-choices, chances and risks, i...
- Classicism, Moderation and Shaftesbury on Sep 23, 2009 in grand tour anthony cooper 3rd earl of shaftesbury guest posts dilettanti helen webberley whigs art and architecture locke
Dear all,Today, I have something very exciting to announce. In my last post, I mentioned that Helen Webberley (of "Art, and architecture mainly") and I would both be writing guest posts for each other's blogs. I'd like to take the opportunity to men...
- Anthony Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shatesbury on Sep 23, 2009 in grand tour anthony cooper 3rd earl of shaftesbury guest posts dilettanti helen webberley whigs art and architecture locke
OR: Folie à deux/welcome to the Blog Swap Utopia.Dear all,Today, I have something very exciting to announce. In my last post, I mentioned that Helen Webberley (of "Art, and architecture mainly") and I would both be writing guest posts for each other...
- In which I think relatively seriously about hanging up my cape and no longer wearing my underpants outside my trousers. on Sep 10, 2009 in superheroes secrecy blogs identity cameron shingleton mal
Not sure whom this will interest exactly, but I've been thinking recently that it might be time to dispense with my secret superhero identity. Although, I think that I've now made up my mind on this issue, it's still a great wrench for me to give up...
- A plague on both your houses: what's wrong about left and right. on Aug 20, 2009 in marx homonoia sharing right plato anarchists conservatives left justice politics aristotle
I’ve never been very serious about the idea of running a political blog. I mean I've thought about it, but the main reason, I've never tried is that I just...wouldn't be very good at it. This is because, when it comes down to it, I’m just not th...
- Hacks of Academe: Redux on Aug 13, 2009 in australian unviersities university education academia Deleuze satire Phds drivel
(This the edit that "we had to have")Dearly Beloved,I've been thinking about my last 8 months of blogging, going through in my head what Homer Simpson once so aptly described as the "dizzying heights, the terrifying lows, the CREAMY middles." And,...
- Bath time fun: Links and short reviews: 05/08/09 on Aug 5, 2009 in videos Theologies dresden dolls blog of innocence the chaser eternally distracted links
No time to post anything at the moment, as I'm in the midst of a flurry of activity which (like most flurries) doesn't seem to be getting me anywhere or achieving much: kind of like I'm the 5th clown from the left in my own personal circus. In fact,...
