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Slavoj Zizek on Romantic and Courtly Love

Posted on April 6, 2022 by David Roman

In “The metastases of enjoyment” (1994), one of his lesser-known works, Slavoj Zizek delightfully uses 1990s movies and preoccupations to illustrate one of the strangest connections in Western culture: that between femme fatales in modern movies and novels, the weird … Continue reading →

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Houellebecq Extended: the Cartelization of the Field of Struggle

Posted on January 27, 2021 by David Roman

Michel Houellebecq first became famous with his novel “Extension of the field of struggle” where he describes the effects of the extension of Karl Marx’s economic field of struggle to sexual relations. Where monopolies and state-directed resource assignment used to … Continue reading →

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The One Thing To Know About Confucius and Houellebecq

Posted on March 14, 2016 by David Roman

People love to sprinkle discussions of Asia and Asian peoples with a touch of Confucius. In reality, even among old Asian hands and scholars, few can tell you much of interest about the old guy: he revered ancestors, he liked … Continue reading →

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Los Bailarines: Invierno en Kiev

Posted on December 8, 2015 by David Roman

(Esto es un extracto del primer capítulo de mi novela “Los Bailarines”, publicada por Ediciones Alféizar. La novela se puede conseguir en formato libro o digital por aquí o en Amazon) El invierno ucraniano está llegando con fuerza. A la … Continue reading →

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Envidia (La Importancia de Un Título Que Ilumine)

Posted on November 21, 2015 by David Roman

“Alianza entre lo inhóspito y lo abrupto de las tierras cristianas y el refinamiento y la sensualidad del muelle Abd al-Rahman. La guerra no era un oficio grato y aséptico para el emir de Córdoba; sobre todo la guerra en … Continue reading →

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