The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Etienne Balibar on Democracy
Balibar supplements Rancière's argument by suggesting that the democratic ideals of equality and freedom find manifestation in "the revolt of the excluded." Yet, always then find themselves being "reconstructed by citizens themselves in a process that has no end." Equaliberty: Political Essays, trans. James Ingram (Durham: Duke University Press, 2014), 207.
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