Thinking Time: On Walter Benjamin (by Paul Eisenstein)

[@clevergadget]

Love you platforming thinkers to your adoring fans man keep it up

[@atenajeretic8968]

Sooo good.

[@afs4185]

Great lecture! Thank you

[@addammadd]

1:00:52 "can you ever do x for x?": purpose without purposiveness. I educate my child to educate my child; I do this free from obligation and opportunity cost. It’s as close to scholé as I can fathom and consequently becomes the means of imagining the end of capitalism without imagining the end of the world.

[@edoherty5651]

Just looked this up... A "convulsion" typically refers to a sudden, violent movement or disturbance. In a figurative sense, if you say "convulsion of two things," it could imply a tumultuous interaction or clash between two ideas, events, or forces. For example, it might describe a conflict between two opposing viewpoints or the chaotic interplay between two trends in society.

[@sketchesoharlem]

I hate to read Christianity into everything, I don’t even adhere to a confessional Christianity. But I’m currently reading Simone Weil by way of Peter Rollins, and she talks about time in a very similar fashion. This sounds very much like the project of “Christian atheism” where the Crucifixion is a representation of those moments in time that changes the way we think about the past. Definitely going to listen to this again, and read some of Benjamin’s work. Thanks so much for this!

[@christianlesniak]

22:28 - Letter "Bet" - *ב‎*

[@turner373]

Theory is just entertainment to cope with political impotence in the face of capitalism.

[@addammadd]

“Ooh la la, this guy got laid in college.” - Nietzsche, probably

[@Gam1ne]

nice theory!