Pascal introduces an unconventional approach to the question of whether god exists. Pascal poses the inaugural notion that all information regarding the divine is inaccessible to humans, due to the scale of our separation. Having drawn this initial premise, he elucidates that the probability of God’s existence, which remains inaccessible to us, is comparable toContinue reading “On Pascal’s Wager”
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On Anarchy
The state of nature, as conceptualized by political philosopher Thomas Hobbes, has become a safeguard against anarchic descent and has evolved to represent justification of the state as an institution. In deconstructing this hypothetical condition, it’s worth asking if this imaginary may be faulted. In this challenge emerges the broader question: does any satisfactory justification for the existence of the state exist?
Confinement and Redress in Native Son
Bigger’s acts of aggression can’t be redressed by prison time, because they are ultimately a symptom of confinement. Throughout the novel Native Son, by Richard Wright, the protagonist Bigger suffers from excessive pressure from external influences. These external pressures are initially proposed as vague, fleeting senses of awareness of a truth so large it seemsContinue reading “Confinement and Redress in Native Son”
Religious and Punitive Parallels in The Color Purple
The role of religion in The Color Purple (1982) is a means of subconsciously maintaining the hold of carceral logic on characters. The Colour Purple, a novel by Alice Walker tells the story of an African American girl named Celie living in rural Georgia early 1800’s. The novel, told in epistolary format, details the abuse and lifelongContinue reading “Religious and Punitive Parallels in The Color Purple”
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