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Eddie Ejjbair
Eddie Ejjbair

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Three Stories: What People Want

Almost all institutions are based on the idea that we know what people want. Think of the utilitarian principle of “the greatest pleasure…

May 2
Three Stories: What People Want
Three Stories: What People Want
May 2

Erasmus as Folly

Erasmus’ Praise of Folly is one of the most highly acclaimed works to come out of the Renaissance, and it’s certainly one of the most…

Apr 25
Erasmus as Folly
Erasmus as Folly
Apr 25

Right-Wing Women: Revisiting Andrea Dworkin’s Radical Feminism

I read Andrew Dworkin’s Right-Wing Women (1983) expecting there to be a timeless interpretation of why some women support the conservative…

Apr 13
Right-Wing Women: Revisiting Andrea Dworkin’s Radical Feminism
Right-Wing Women: Revisiting Andrea Dworkin’s Radical Feminism
Apr 13

‘Wolfman’ and the End of Masculinity

The film begins with a father and his son appreciating the Oregonian landscape.

Mar 31
‘Wolfman’ and the End of Masculinity
‘Wolfman’ and the End of Masculinity
Mar 31

The TRUTH about the Palaeolithic Myth

How humans lived in the palaeolithic is subject to a lot of conjecture — and outright mythologising. But there are some things we know for…

Mar 31
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The TRUTH about the Palaeolithic Myth
The TRUTH about the Palaeolithic Myth
Mar 31
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The Palaeolithic Myth

Jung once misquoted a monk from Lerins, claiming that he defined myth as ‘what is believed everywhere, always, by all’. In reality, the…

Mar 15
The Palaeolithic Myth
The Palaeolithic Myth
Mar 15

The Big Other

If God existed only in the minds of people, religion loses nothing. Believers might not like to hear this because they think it diminishes…

Feb 28
The Big Other
The Big Other
Feb 28

Nightbitch: Ressentiment & Recognition

Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch centres around the now cliched figure of the dissatisfied housewife. The (unnamed) main character, played by…

Jan 16
Nightbitch: Ressentiment & Recognition
Nightbitch: Ressentiment & Recognition
Jan 16

Dune Prophecy is a Terrible Show, But…

…it does support a theory that I have regarding the use of prophecy in politics. From Frank Herbert’s first book, Dune, prophecy is…

Jan 2
Dune Prophecy is a Terrible Show, But…
Dune Prophecy is a Terrible Show, But…
Jan 2

Automating Care

Films like Subservience and M3gan, and to some extent even Her, highlight the direction in which automation is heading; that is, in the…

Dec 23, 2024
Automating Care
Automating Care
Dec 23, 2024
Eddie Ejjbair

Eddie Ejjbair

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My essay collection, 'Extractions', is now available in paperback: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DC216BXG

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