“With The Anointment Of Yogi Adityanath As Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh, Narendra Modi’s Cunningly

Could say if there is any correlation between capitalist surplus value and the excess enjoyment in fantasy,,,?

A certain excess which was ..kept in check.., perceived as a local perversion, a limited deviation, is elevated in capitalism to the very principle of social lifeIn the ..movement of money begetting more money, ..the thing can survive only as its own excess, constantly exceeding its own ‘normal’ constraints- ZIZEK

नवज्योति की नव-मीमांसा

नवज्योति की नव-मीमांसा हिन्दुत्व का दार्शनिक विमर्श प्रसन्न कुमार चौधरी 1. परम्परा और आधुनिकता युरोपीय आधुनिकता और गैर-युरोपीय परम्पराओं के बीच सम्बन्ध, उनके बीच टकराव और उनकी अन्तःक्रियाएँ पिछली दो शताब्दियों में बौद्धिक विमर्श का अत्यन्त महत्वपूर्ण विषय रही हैं । दुनिया भर के सर्वश्रेष्ठ मस्तिष्कों ने इस विषय पर समग्रता में, और अपने-अपने देशों के संदर्भ में, गहन मंथन किया है और इस विषय पर…

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It all comes down to that urge to fascism — maybe a big word to use for art, but I think the right word — it comes down to that urge to fascism to know what’s best for people, to know that some people are of the best and some people are of the worst; the urge to separate the good from the bad and to praise oneself; to decide what covers on what books people ought to read, what songs people ought to be moved by, what art they ought to make, an urge that makes art into a set of laws that take away your freedom rather than a kind of activity that creates freedom or reveals it. It all comes down to the notion that, in the end, there is a social explanation for art, which is to say an explanation of what kind of art you should be ashamed of and what kind of art you should be proud of. It’s the reduction of the mystery of art, where it comes from, where it goes… 

The COVID-19 Pandemic is the ‘Most Discriminatory Crisis’ Females Have Experienced, Says the Head of U.N. Women — TIME

The COVID-19 Pandemic is the ‘Most Discriminatory Crisis’ Females Have Experienced, Says the Head of U.N. Women — TIME

UNITED NATIONS — The head of UN Women called the COVID-19 pandemic “the most discriminatory crisis” that women and girls have ever experienced on Monday, pointing to women losing jobs far more often than men, a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence, and 47 million more women being pushed into living on less than $1.90 a…The COVID-19 Pandemic is the ‘Most Discriminatory Crisis’ Females Have…

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A CRITIQUE OF THOMAS PIKETTY'S 'CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY' - 3

A CRITIQUE OF THOMAS PIKETTY’S ‘CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY’ – 3

  CONTAINING CAPITAL – 3

  Prasanna K Choudhary

Thomas Piketty zimbio.com

3. CAPITAL SOCIAL AND SELF-EXPANDING – 1

MONEY IS NOW PREGNANT. Goethe, ‘Faust’, Part I, Scene5.1

Let me begin with Thomas Piketty’s definition of capital, labor and ‘return on capital’. After all, ‘capital’ and ‘return on capital’ form the basic theme of the book.

Piketty writes, “In this book, capital is defined as the…

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Beijie Village: a Land Grab Case, a Village Election, and a Microcosm of China

Beijie Village: a Land Grab Case, a Village Election, and a Microcosm of China

Originally posted on China Change:

By Yaqiu Wang, published: December 16, 2014

An election in a heartland Chinese village in Henan province, held on December 13th, attracted attention from Chinese scholars, netizens and activists. A 73-year-old man, Chen Ji’en (陈纪恩), was re-elected Chairman of the 8th Village Committee of Beijie Village (北街村) by fellow villagers in what was reported by…

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