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Tag: Spain

Spain: between two extremes

Albert Camus once described a nationalist as someone who loves their country too much. I recently wrote a small reflection on … More

Barcelona, Camus, Catalonia, critical journalism, Deleuze, Iris Murdoch, nationalism, pluralism, Spain

Is it happening again?

‘It is happening again,’ says the giant to FBI Special agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch’s mystery series Twin Peaks. This … More

Catalan language, Catalan nationalism, Catalonia, identity politics, Spain, Spanish Civil War, Vox, we are in together

Can I Involve You?

I took the elevator up to the third floor. Normally, I would have taken the stairs in order to get … More

amor fati, Art, Can I Involve You, communication, Daedalus Magazine, Denmark, Nietzsche, relationship, short story, Spain, writing

A note on identity politics

I concur with the point that, sometimes, the treatment of certain groups can be so cruel and unfair that you … More

A Thousand plateaus, Catalonia, Cristina Beltrán, Deleuze, empathy, Guattari, identitetspolitik, identity politics, Latinidad, patriarchal culture, Spain, The Trouble with Unity

What is happening in Catalonia?

The Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has won many literary prices, including the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2015, and the Premio … More

bad faith, Catalonia, Catalonien, compassion, democracy, empathy, Franco, freedom, Hvad sker der i Catalonien?, independency, Mendoza, PrimaveraCatalana, Puigdemont, Sartre, Spain, Spanien, What is happening in Catalonia

Against separatism

Fernando Savater’s Contra el separatismo is like a breathe of fresh air in a Catalonia marked by years of frustration, … More

Camus, Catalan independence, Catalan separatist, Catalonia, compassion, Contra el separatismo, empathy, Fernando Savater, nationalism, posttruth, seperatism, Spain

Are we thinking?

I’ve been unfairly slow in writing my review of Elizabeth Minnich’s book, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and … More

#MeToo, Arendt, Camus, Catalan nationalism, Catalonia, Elizabeth Minnich, indoctrination, Skye Cleary, Spain, The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking

Catalonia: For the love of thinking

“And don’t say anything. Think of your children,” a woman close to me said. The woman was not the first … More

1984, Catalonia, critical thinking, George Orwell, Homage to Catalonia, independency, independentista, Puigdemont, Rajoy, Spain

Compassion in Catalonia

Since 2008, I’ve lived in Barcelona, in Catalonia, Spain. My wife is from Barcelona. She’s both Catalan and Spanish, and … More

Catalonia, Cataluña, compassion, Karma, Spain

Philosophy in dark times

Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Only when it’s dark enough can you see the stars.” I like this quote; … More

Arendt, Barcelona, BarcelonaAttack, evil, love, Luther King, philosophy in dark times, racism, sexism, Spain, terror, white supremacy

BIO

Finn Janning, PhD, is a writer and a philosopher.

His work has been featured in Epiphany, Under the Gum Tree, Philosophy Now, Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, among other publications. His most recent books are Opmærksomhedens filosofi, Stakkels Jim and A Philosophy of Mindfulness.

To Love Slowly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOAbgWLV1bc&t=184s

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