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Review: 10 Books That Screwed Up the World by Benjamin Wiker

Monday, May 12, 2008

Benjamin Wiker’s book on bad books throughout the ages is misinformed and makes a few critical errors in its analysis. Specifically, it ignores the cultural context around each book he critiques, treating them as pure subliminal propaganda.

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Notions of Identity Liberation in Virtual Gaming Communities

Friday, May 5, 2006

The vast worlds of MMORPGs seem close to postmodern theories of identity, as a player is able to radically constitute their on-line self at will. Despite this, these virtual gaming communities should not be seen as safe spaces in which a subject can realize their true (or ideal) self.

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Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response by Colonialism

Wednesday, March 8, 2006

Embracing Trobriand cricket as an instance in which domineering cultural empires were repelled is a flawed concept which masks the very forms of domination that it attempts to criticize.

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Open Source Software: The Newest Specter?

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Corporate adoption of open source software should not be viewed as antithetical to capitalism; rather, it is an example of corporations co-opting Communism to become more capitalist.

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