I’ve been thinking about how I used the concept of the big Other to describe the manner by which Ranil Wickremesinghe, the current Sri Lankan President, functions with a section of the electorate that supports him. Recently, after some theatrics in Parliament by him, I referenced the (non-Lacanian) strict father model. Both these views came…
The jockeying for voters between the NPP/JVP and the SJB provides an excellent opportunity to reflect on the importance of ideology and identity for a political party. As things stand, polling suggests while ex-SLPP voters are moving to other main parties, the greatest number have gone to the JVP. A question that I’ve had since…
Having recently read two books by Byung-Chul Han, I thought it worth summarizing the most personally relevant aspects of each book. I’ve mixed quotes from both books, where they overlap and drive home the points I want to focus on, The perpetual & enslaved content machine Given my day job once involved running a content…
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