Category Archives: Politics

Mapping the nodes for #rhizo15: my photo choice

Posted on 21st April 2015 by NomadWarMachine

lacey-bag flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-SA) license Jane had the neat idea of mapping we #rhizo15 participants onto a Google Map (still time to fill in the form with your info, if you’ve not already … Continue reading →

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Institutionalisation of values

Posted on 18th February 2015 by NomadWarMachine

Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.  Rousseau, Social Contract, Book 1 I’m teaching my first years Rousseau and I’m (meant to be) reading Ivan Illich’s Deschooling Society – everywhere I look there are critiques of the state … Continue reading →

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Anarchy

Posted on 8th February 2015 by NomadWarMachine

As my old supervisor, Dudley Knowles, used to say, the anarchist is not typically found skulking outside the Houses of Parliament with a bomb beneath her long, black coat – the philosophical anarchist is a gentle soul with a belief … Continue reading →

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