Tag: Nicholas Romanos

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On Incomprehensibility

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Donate to CA The free access to this article was made possible by support from readers like you. Please consider donating any amount to help defray the cost of our operation. On Incomprehensibility Nicholas Romanos   synnefiasmenikyriakimiazeismetinkardiamoupouechipantasynnefiachristekepanagiamou… συννεσφιασμενηκυριακημοιαζειςμετηνκαρδιαμουπουεχειπαντασυννεφιαχριστεκαιπαναγιαμου…   There is nothing quite like hearing a piece of music sung in a language you don’t […]

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Aphorism and Anti-Aphorism: Language and Aesthetics      

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Aphorism and Anti-Aphorism: Language and Aesthetics Nicholas Romanos   Abstract Karl Kraus, the great Viennese satirist, poet, and aphorist, is still little read in the Anglophone world. This article argues that Kraus’ innovative ideas about aesthetics and language, generated in response to the problems of modernity, are of great interest to the contemporary philosopher of […]

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Revolution and Aesthetics

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Revolution and Aesthetics Nicholas Romanos   One of the revolutionary movements with the highest profile today operates not so much on a political level, as has been common in the past, as on a planetary one. “Extinction Rebellion,” as this environmental protest group calls itself, has a uniquely striking and consistently applied aesthetic, from the […]