They met together: The young-earther, the materialist-zoologist, and the evolutionary heretic. Matzoo and Young (as we will call them), soon found that they had much in common, greatly to their surprise. There was, of course, much tail-chasing and verbal slanging on the way. Nigel Pocock They both agreed, […]
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Exodus or autonomist abdication
Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi is an old school Italian marxist. Rising up during the 1960s, he spent years in exile in France, during the repression of the 1970s. The Prisma’ memoirs. Steve Latham Now a new superstar of the far left, he has released a new book, “Schizo […]
Hegemony, ideology and politics
I first encountered the term ‘hegemony’ when, as a precocious teenager, I read widely about international politics. Here, it described a country’s sphere of influence. Steve Latham Later, at university, I discovered it was used by Marxists, referring to capitalism’s ideological dominance. I learned to distinguish these uses, […]
Recovering the Sacred in art: Kai Althoff
In the time between times, between lockdowns, I went to an art exhibition in Whitechapel Gallery, of work by Kai Althoff. Steve Latham A German-born artist from Cologne, now resident in the US, Althoff’s paintings are largely figurative. This is appropriate, given the Whitechapel’s championing of a revival […]
Rediscovering the State
The Conservative government has headed off a rebellion from its own MPs, who are unhappy about reimposing the Three Tier system to combat Covid, after the Lockdown finishes. The Prisma’s Memoirs. October 2020. Steve Latham These parliamentarians are ideologically committed to individual liberty, and the cause, especially of […]