Syan Mohiuddin
@syanmohiuddin.bsky.social
Socialist poet, follower of Charles Olson & the Black Mountain Poets, Louis Zukofsky & Karl Marx.
Studying English literature.
Studying English literature.
Reposted by Syan Mohiuddin
In light of the AHA's unconscionable veto of the members' vote, it's worth reading this excellent & prescient article by Hajir & Qato on how scholasticide operates (precisely via such institutional silences & silencing):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In light of the AHA's unconscionable veto of the members' vote, it's worth reading this excellent & prescient article by Hajir & Qato on how scholasticide operates (precisely via such institutional silences & silencing):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Everyone is bound to apply his education for the benefit of society. No one has the right to work merely for his own private enjoyment, to shut himself off from his fellow human beings and to make his education useless to them [...]”
—J. G. Fichte, Some Lectures Concerning the Scholarʼs Vocation.
—J. G. Fichte, Some Lectures Concerning the Scholarʼs Vocation.
January 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Everyone is bound to apply his education for the benefit of society. No one has the right to work merely for his own private enjoyment, to shut himself off from his fellow human beings and to make his education useless to them [...]”
—J. G. Fichte, Some Lectures Concerning the Scholarʼs Vocation.
—J. G. Fichte, Some Lectures Concerning the Scholarʼs Vocation.
Reposted by Syan Mohiuddin
MotL is proud to republish @videotroph.bsky.social's talk about the limits of sovereignty for monetary politics & analysis.
"Words & the concepts they express have complex histories & any account of sovereignty must attend to the history of the term itself."
Please read & share. 👀 🙌
"Words & the concepts they express have complex histories & any account of sovereignty must attend to the history of the term itself."
Please read & share. 👀 🙌
Money & the Limits of Sovereignty
by Scott Ferguson Money on the Left is proud to republish this talk by Scott Ferguson. It was initially presented at the request of Real Progressives on September 4, 2021. We reproduce the presenta…
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January 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
MotL is proud to republish @videotroph.bsky.social's talk about the limits of sovereignty for monetary politics & analysis.
"Words & the concepts they express have complex histories & any account of sovereignty must attend to the history of the term itself."
Please read & share. 👀 🙌
"Words & the concepts they express have complex histories & any account of sovereignty must attend to the history of the term itself."
Please read & share. 👀 🙌
Switch to nuclear energy
January 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Switch to nuclear energy
“If all elements of a complex are thrown out, then the complex will not exist; all that will remain is the word that signifies it. A word—this is what the ‘thing-in-itself’ is.”
—Alexander Bogdanov, Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1–3 (Brill), p. 9.
—Alexander Bogdanov, Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1–3 (Brill), p. 9.
January 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“If all elements of a complex are thrown out, then the complex will not exist; all that will remain is the word that signifies it. A word—this is what the ‘thing-in-itself’ is.”
—Alexander Bogdanov, Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1–3 (Brill), p. 9.
—Alexander Bogdanov, Empiriomonism: Essays in Philosophy, Books 1–3 (Brill), p. 9.
Some people get an inordinate amount of pleasure from “debunking” Darwin 🤦
January 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Some people get an inordinate amount of pleasure from “debunking” Darwin 🤦
A book a day keeps the doctor away...
Reading makes you live longer.
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
A book a day keeps the doctor away...
Fantastic essay from James Shapiro, “Rebels Without a Cause,” at @nybooks.com on Romeo + Juliet (directed by Sam Gold).
I question the interpretation of contemporary adaptations, which often succeed at the expense of the originalʼs tragic themes. Problematic.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I question the interpretation of contemporary adaptations, which often succeed at the expense of the originalʼs tragic themes. Problematic.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Rebels Without a Cause | James Shapiro
In Sam Gold's Romeo + Juliet, the lovers' headlong rush into marriage is in tension throughout with the surprising regression to childhood that characterizes so much of the production.
www.nybooks.com
January 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Fantastic essay from James Shapiro, “Rebels Without a Cause,” at @nybooks.com on Romeo + Juliet (directed by Sam Gold).
I question the interpretation of contemporary adaptations, which often succeed at the expense of the originalʼs tragic themes. Problematic.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
I question the interpretation of contemporary adaptations, which often succeed at the expense of the originalʼs tragic themes. Problematic.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
“Just because the form is as essential to the essence as the essence is to itself, the essence is not to be conceived and expressed merely as essence, i.e. as immediate substance or as pure self-intuition of the divine, but just as much as form...”
—G.W.F. Hegel, Phenom. of Spirit, §19
—G.W.F. Hegel, Phenom. of Spirit, §19
January 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
“Just because the form is as essential to the essence as the essence is to itself, the essence is not to be conceived and expressed merely as essence, i.e. as immediate substance or as pure self-intuition of the divine, but just as much as form...”
—G.W.F. Hegel, Phenom. of Spirit, §19
—G.W.F. Hegel, Phenom. of Spirit, §19
Reposted by Syan Mohiuddin
Join me for the new season of my podcast, the Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. The latest episode is: Trumpism vs. Wage Justice. I talk about the challenges of addressing inflation and wage repression in the U.S.
youtu.be/gVrmcf2fPOI?...
youtu.be/gVrmcf2fPOI?...
Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: Trumpism vs. Wage Justice
YouTube video by Politics In Motion
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January 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Join me for the new season of my podcast, the Anti-Capitalist Chronicles. The latest episode is: Trumpism vs. Wage Justice. I talk about the challenges of addressing inflation and wage repression in the U.S.
youtu.be/gVrmcf2fPOI?...
youtu.be/gVrmcf2fPOI?...
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How might a 21st-century revolution against class society succeed?
Now available for preorder - The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by Jasper Bernes
Now available for preorder - The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by Jasper Bernes
The Future of Revolution
Communism comes from the future, but its hope haunts our past. Reading revolutionary history from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by the light of communist theory from Marx to CLR James...
www.versobooks.com
January 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
How might a 21st-century revolution against class society succeed?
Now available for preorder - The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by Jasper Bernes
Now available for preorder - The Future of Revolution: Communist Prospects from the Paris Commune to the George Floyd Uprising by Jasper Bernes
Tariq Ali on the fall of the Assad regime at @newleftreview.bsky.social,
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
The prospects are bleak. But, quoting Ali, “Geostrategically, it is a triumph for Washington and Israel. This must be recognized, but despair is worthless.”
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
The prospects are bleak. But, quoting Ali, “Geostrategically, it is a triumph for Washington and Israel. This must be recognized, but despair is worthless.”
Tariq Ali, The Roads to Damascus — Sidecar
Assad’s fall from power.
newleftreview.org
January 6, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Tariq Ali on the fall of the Assad regime at @newleftreview.bsky.social,
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
The prospects are bleak. But, quoting Ali, “Geostrategically, it is a triumph for Washington and Israel. This must be recognized, but despair is worthless.”
newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
The prospects are bleak. But, quoting Ali, “Geostrategically, it is a triumph for Washington and Israel. This must be recognized, but despair is worthless.”
Reposted by Syan Mohiuddin
Sohn-Rethel on Naples
curedquailjournal.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/t...
curedquailjournal.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/t...
The Ideal of the Broken Down: On the Neapolitan Approach to Things Technical
Alfred Sohn-Rethel Originally published in English at Hard Crackers In Naples, technical devices are, as a rule, broken: it is only under exceptional circumstances and due to some astonishing accid…
curedquailjournal.wordpress.com
January 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Sohn-Rethel on Naples
curedquailjournal.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/t...
curedquailjournal.wordpress.com/2022/11/25/t...
“The Line Cook,” published in the Ignatian Literary Magazine by yours truly.
ignatianlitmag.com/2024/12/05/t...
ignatianlitmag.com/2024/12/05/t...
The Line Cook
by Syan Mohiuddin Yellow Dog by Pia Quintano Syan Mohiuddin is a poet from Dhaka, Bangladesh who is currently studying for a BA in English Literature. His works are slated to appear in the South Da…
ignatianlitmag.com
January 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
“The Line Cook,” published in the Ignatian Literary Magazine by yours truly.
ignatianlitmag.com/2024/12/05/t...
ignatianlitmag.com/2024/12/05/t...
Excellent essay from @manvir.bsky.social on the relationship between language and thought: “How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Iʼm reminded of Sellars; all concepts (abstractions) are a “linguistic affair.”—but make room for the nonlinguistic!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Iʼm reminded of Sellars; all concepts (abstractions) are a “linguistic affair.”—but make room for the nonlinguistic!
How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?
English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.
www.newyorker.com
January 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excellent essay from @manvir.bsky.social on the relationship between language and thought: “How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Iʼm reminded of Sellars; all concepts (abstractions) are a “linguistic affair.”—but make room for the nonlinguistic!
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Iʼm reminded of Sellars; all concepts (abstractions) are a “linguistic affair.”—but make room for the nonlinguistic!
The appearance of the individual as self-subsistent—as indifferent from certain relations, causes, forces etc.—is illusory. Every single individual, in every single case, is mediated
January 6, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The appearance of the individual as self-subsistent—as indifferent from certain relations, causes, forces etc.—is illusory. Every single individual, in every single case, is mediated
The farce—albeit a potentially deadly one—in SK continues. President Yoon, whose plot to declare martial law and take control over the govʼt, is resisting detainment.
The people of SK are not willing to play ball with dictators anymore...
apnews.com/article/sout...
The people of SK are not willing to play ball with dictators anymore...
apnews.com/article/sout...
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon's ouster as detention deadline looms
The one-week warrant for his detention is valid through Monday. There were no immediate indications that authorities were ready to send investigators back to the residence as of Sunday afternoon.
apnews.com
January 5, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The farce—albeit a potentially deadly one—in SK continues. President Yoon, whose plot to declare martial law and take control over the govʼt, is resisting detainment.
The people of SK are not willing to play ball with dictators anymore...
apnews.com/article/sout...
The people of SK are not willing to play ball with dictators anymore...
apnews.com/article/sout...
Blegh. The U.S. sending $8 billion dollars in offensive weapons to Israel. So much for ceasefires!
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...
Congress is notified by the Biden administration of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel
The State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel. U.S. officials say some of the weapons could be sent through current U.S. stocks but the majority of the pack...
apnews.com
January 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Blegh. The U.S. sending $8 billion dollars in offensive weapons to Israel. So much for ceasefires!
apnews.com/article/isra...
apnews.com/article/isra...