Internationally renowned philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek recently gave a talk, titled "2011: The Year of Dreaming Dangerously," that attempted to answer whether UK suburban protests, Breivik's ideological madness and recent social movements, including the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street, have a common root.
During his introduction, Zizek outlined the functionality of ideology in a...
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Internationally renowned philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Zizek will offer a talk, titled "2011: The Year of Dreaming Dangerously," at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in the Geneva Room.
During his talk, Zizek will focus on the cultural landscape of 2011 as a whole, touching on several topics, including the mobilization of protests worldwide, such as in the cases of the Occupy Movement and t...
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Gerald "Buzz" Klinger '12 and Will McConnell '12 have been named the 2012 United States Universities Debate Champions. Hosted at Williamette University in Salem, Oregon, the team made an impressive showing, placing first in the nation among 156 teams, including teams from Colgate, Cornell, Stanford and many other of the nation's top schools.
Following six preliminary rounds, Klinger and McConnell...
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