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The Polish Journal of Aesthetics:

Special Issue on

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Thorsten talks about Abduh on May 13 in Tallinn, at the Continental Comparative Circle.
Also: Book panel on David Johnson's Watsuji on Nature (15th)

Conference in Kuwait

"Tracking Global Wokeism"

Jan 17-19, 2023

Organized by the GUST Global Studies Center

Putin and
Dugin

Eurasianism,

Slavophilism,

Pan-Slavism

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Kitsch

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Flat truths and flat lies. The Trump-Thunberg Syndrom

Blog: What I think why Westerners join the Islamic State

Interview with T. Botz-Bornstein in Transcultural Studies

Blog: Veils and Guns. Donald Trump and the Ayatollahs

might hate each other but they have one thing in common

The New Geography of Eastern Europe. Peace Magazine

Blog: Post on Tariq Ramadan and Henda Ayari

Parasite - The Book

Out now (Aug. 4)

Dandyism Daoism & PC

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Short Story: ‘In Germany all Trains go from Left to Right.’

"The Futurist Aesthetics of ISIS." Aesthetics and Culture

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My Philosophy in 800 Words

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Excellent, Cute, Sublime

Veils, Nudity, Tattoos

China against America

Films and Dreams

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Russia and Japan

The Cool Kawaii

Viagra Philosophy

Transcultural Architecture

Virtual Reality

Organic Cinema (Béla Tarr)

Plotinus and Film

ISIS and Futurism

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Blade Runner 2049

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The Kuwait Before-After Series

Ando-Wittgenstein

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So You Want to Take a Critical Thinking Class? (3 min)

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So You Want to Submit an Academic Article? (6 min)

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Plagiarism (2 min)

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Organic Cinema: Film, Architecture and the Work of Bela Tarr

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Thorsten plays Schubert

Impromptu 90: 2

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Kuwait 2059. A Cyberpunk Novella

On Werckmeister Harmonies.

ZKM Karlsruhe

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The Monstrous Darkness of Tomorrow. Promotional video

The Singapore interview

China and America: Culture and Civilization. Part 1 Part 2

Thorsten talks with M.A.R. Habib about Habib's new book Hegel and Empire

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The Aesthetics of ISIS and Italian Futurism

Kitsch and Bullshit

Natural sciences and human sciences (2 min)

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"Islamic Futurism."

Lecture at Virginia Commonwealth University April 2019

Do You Know What Philosophy Is?

Cairo Book Fair 2019 introducing '"Deculturation"

The End of Liberalism.

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Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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America against China: Civilization without Culture vs. Culture without Civilization?

Japanese culture

The Kuwait Before-After Picture series

Pictures of Reima Pietila's Kuwait Buildings (before and after).

The Veil Project Reveille or Surveillance?

Provocative article: Can Refugees be Nietzcheans?

What if the main difference between civilizational blocks is that some have read Nietzsche and others haven’t?

Virtual Reality The Last Human Narrative?

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St. Louis Conceptual Tourist Guide

FILM Book Series

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Blade Runner 2049

Archive

In Dreamland. A philosophical story for children and adults with outrageous absurdities, illogical constellations, and surrealistic nonsense (in German).

Link to Conference:

"Unity between East and West" At GUST, Kuwait.Feb. 7-9 2019.

Obituary of Ingmar Bergman On the Rowman & Littlefield website

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Conference on the book Organic Cinema in Budapest

Helsinki Conference 2018: The development of the Pietila Ministry in Kuwait

Chronique d'une vie dans une université noire aux Etats-Unis (in French). Le Monde blog 2007-2009.

Thorsten talks about "Cool and kawaii" on BYU Radio.

"The Morning Show with Marcus Smith." Click on "Listen now" and fast forward to 85'.

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