Blogs

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Articles and poems from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality" and manuscripts/drafts for his books.

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Articles and poems from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality" and manuscripts/drafts for his books.

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Articles and poems from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality" and manuscripts/drafts for his books.

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Materials pertaining to, and including full articles from, Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality: political and philosophical essays and poems" which was published via WordPress from 2009-2020. It is no longer available on WordPress. According to Professor Gilbert, these papers are primarily made up of reconstructions of the blog taken from Professor Gilbert's email due to inaccessibility via WordPress.

Abstract 2009 posts from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality" entitled: "What the Torturer Knew;" "Strauss's Vision of a Great Anti-modern Tyrant and its Bizarre American Consequences;" "The Jail Cell;" "What is lost in Plato's story of Atlantis;" "Cretan Bull-vaulting and Plato's Republic;" "Crete, the Mysteries and Athenian democracy;" "The ring of Gyges, the Lord of the Rings;" "Living and Dead Words;" "Video: Leo Strauss's Vision of a Great, Anti-modern Tyrant, part 2;" "Sotomayor,...

Abstract 2010 posts from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality" entitled: "John Mearsheimer's contextualism about Leo Strauss part 2;" "Enmity and Tyranny - on Carl Schmidtt and Leo Strauss, part 1;" "Enmity and Tyranny part 2: polotical theology;" "A philosopher - Steven Wagner - look at war;" "Breaking news: the cave, Heidegger's national socialism and Leo Strauss;" "Mirrors: the cave, Heidegger's Platonic National Socialism, and Leo Strauss, part 1;" "Strong, Kirsch and Faye: what...

Abstract Articles from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality," entitled: "Samizdat - American style;" "Debate with Daniel Goldhagen, Wednesday, noon, cybercafe, Josef Korbel School of International Studies;" "The New Jim Crow;" "Prisons, racism, Marx's Capital and collective bargaining: a letter from Steve Wagner;" "Straight from Abu Ghraib: the torture of Bradley M...;" "The Apology's cave: killing lightly, part 1 and 2;" "Video: debate with Daniel Goldhagen and Libya;" "John Measheimer...

Abstract Articles from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality," entitled: "Marta Soler on the indignados in Spain;" "Poem: lo s t;" :Vincent Harding on Barack Obama, Diane Nash, and pu...;" "Direct democracy and class war in Greece and lette...;" "Race, class, what to call the prison/parole system and a letter from Alan Cafruny, part 2;" "2 senses of context in the startling Xenophon: Sto...;" "6/07/2011 3:11:00 PM;" "Poem: somersaults;" "A Nietzschean turn: the roots of the snake goddess...

Abstract Articles from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality," entitled: "Race, class, what to call the prison/parole syste, and a letter from Alan Cafruny, part 2;" "Poem: shor t;" "Alan Gilbert will speak on the Greek democratic protests on KGNU - FM88.5, AM 1390 - today at 6:30 pm;" "Troy Davis;" "That torture is rightly outlawed;" "Troy Davis reprieved for 1 to 7 days: a miracle for the fourth time;" "Poem: spirit (for Troy Davis);" "Polemarchus as a symbol of the Republic's theme -...

Abstract Articles from Professor Gilbert's blog "Democratic Individuality," entitled: "Aesop, Plato and barking dogs: a note from Gregory Nagy;" "How to read Plato: the farcical speech of the laws;" "Burn in g;" "The importance of words;" "Tuscon: 'I am a decent writer, burn mine...;" "Carl Schmitt and Guantanamo at 10: Todd Pierce, a Judge Advicate General officer, speaks out;" "Poem: kin g of fears;" "How torturers 'think';" "Are American war crimes above the law?;" "Saving the land: indigenous...