Category: David Kleinsteuber

• The Ethics of Ambiguity: Recognition Revisited

  November 24, 2015

  

    On overcoming small battles In The Ethics of Ambiguity (1947), Simone de Beauvoir argues that in every relationship – whether it’s between friends, family or anyone else – there is always a distance between two people; a certain small battle and a certain instinct to deny each other as subjective beings that must be…

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• Banana-Danger: Just the Facts

  November 3, 2015

  

    On the language of the news and telling stories Quick! Look behind you. There’s an explosion, and someone is furiously backflipping over crocodiles, while at the same time clutching three incredibly small animals in one hand and performing an unbelievable interpretative dance of her religious beliefs with the other. Meanwhile, the stock market has…

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• Recognizing McDormand & Willis

  September 21, 2015

  

  Why we should all hug and recognize Frances McDormand and Bruce Willis (On the therapeutic effects of complex characters)

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