Tag Archives: Friedrich Nietzsche

Losing face in a pandemic

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Le visage est présent dans son refus d’être contenu./The face is present in its refusal to be contained. Emmanuel Levinas, Totalité et infini To be or not to be masked? Depending on the jurisdiction, this remains a choice before the … Continue reading →

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Nietzschean reflections in times of the pandemic

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Julius Gavroche

Love children especially, for they too are sinless like the angels; they live to soften and purify our hearts and, as it were, to guide us. Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov Innocence is the child, and forgetfulness, a new beginning, a … Continue reading →

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Nietzsche and anarchy

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Julius Gavroche

I don’t say that my values and desires are the right or true ones. For instance, I don’t say that it is right or true to love anarchy and hate domination. I affirm my values. This affirmation is not like … Continue reading →

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Time, revolution and historical subjectivity

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Julius Gavroche

(Photographs by Alexey Titarenko) In revolution, everything happens incredibly quickly, just like in dreams in which people seem to be freed from gravity. Gustave Landauer, Revolution We have merely to tear down the Bastilles of the future, restructure the past … Continue reading →

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