Monthly Archives: September 2021

Noaín y el retorno de Navarra al Reino de España

Posted on September 24, 2021 by David Roman

Pedro Fernández Barbadillo tiene un excelente artículo sobre el proceso de reincorporación de Navarra al Reino de España durante el principio del siglo XVI, y las burdas manipulaciones propagandísticas del separatismo vasco en torno a sus hitos: Si no es el … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Zizek on Sarajevo & the Glamorization of Artificially Extended Victimhood

Posted on September 14, 2021 by David Roman

Slavoj Zizek, the Slovenian philosopher, doesn’t really discuss the civil war the tore his former homeland apart very often. I mean, he does speak about it every once in a while, but rarely at length. That’s why I was glad … Continue reading →

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Grandes Momentos de la II República: Asesinatos Estilo Tarantino

Posted on September 6, 2021 by David Roman

(Actualizado el 29.9.22) Una de las grandes curiosidades de la Guerra Civil española es el mito de las corridas de Badajoz. Aunque nadie lo alegó explícitamente durante la guerra o la posguerra, en el imaginario colectivo del antifascismo se creó … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Zizek on Progress & the Basic Lesson of Psychoanalysis

Posted on September 2, 2021 by David Roman

This is from a 2015 interview in Salon magazine: ZIZEK: ‘I don’t believe in progress. Let’s take the Marxist utopia at its most radical. Yes, we will somehow manage to overcome capitalism, there will be a new society of — … Continue reading →

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