We are watching the rebirth of colonization and a colonial mentality of a new type represented by the ‘human rights’brigades and their friends in Le Monde and Liberation, of which the war in Iraq and the failure of the West to force Israel to retreat from its colonial positions are good examples. And tied to that is the process of neo-liberalism and the neo-liberal economy, which makes democracy itself into a very hollow shell”
Naked Punch 05 features contributions by Alphonso Lingis, the pre-eminent translator of Levinas, presenting an extremely original analysis of the way we perceive - or should perceive - the space around us, making a distinction between vital space - that which is experienced and is lived by us - and a merely geographic conception of locus; Salvatore Settis' essay that underlines the inherent heterogeneity - as opposed to fragmentation - that is and was always proper to European identity dating back to the Roman Empire up to the present day; Simon Glendinning's discussion on the philosophical conception of animals; Michael Taussig's first person narrative devoted to Walter Benjamin and William Burroughs in an Ibizean setting; Rachael Bulla's conversation with Zarathustra, Timothy Secret's surreal 'Play on Play' , Beckett to be enjoyed from spotlight to spotlight; Philip Lutgendorf's discussion of the conventions of Indian Popular cinema. Further, Naked Punch 05 offers an interview to pre-eminent Philosophy Professor Richard Shusterman presenting an analysis of his most appreciated philosophical concepts - askesis amongst them - and an original exploration of the practices of self-fashioning in works of art and through the act of living life; poetry by Qalandar Memon, Samuel Hazo, Suraya Sidhu Singh; colour artwork by Sarah Adina, Viktor Chemilevsky, Eunkyung Kang, Vilat Khan, Jagdeep Lall, Antonio Pedretti, Qalandar.
Naked Punch 05 features contributions by Alphonso Lingis, the pre-eminent translator of Levinas, presenting an extremely original analysis of the way we perceive - or should perceive - the space around us, making a distinction between vital space - that which is experienced and is lived by us - and a merely geographic conception of locus; Salvatore Settis' essay that underlines the inherent heterogeneity - as opposed to fragmentation - that is and was always proper to European identity dating back to the Roman Empire up to the present day; Simon Glendinning's discussion on the philosophical conception of animals; Michael Taussig's first person narrative devoted to Walter Benjamin and William Burroughs in an Ibizean setting; Rachael Bulla's conversation with Zarathustra, Timothy Secret's surreal 'Play on Play' , Beckett to be enjoyed from spotlight to spotlight; Philip Lutgendorf's discussion of the conventions of Indian Popular cinema. Further, Naked Punch 05 offers an interview to pre-eminent Philosophy Professor Richard Shusterman presenting an analysis of his most appreciated philosophical concepts - askesis amongst them - and an original exploration of the practices of self-fashioning in works of art and through the act of living life; poetry by Qalandar Memon, Samuel Hazo, Suraya Sidhu Singh; colour artwork by Sarah Adina, Viktor Chemilevsky, Eunkyung Kang, Vilat Khan, Jagdeep Lall, Antonio Pedretti, Qalandar.