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Monthly Archive: November 2018

In the news, London, UK, February 13, 2016 | © Courtesy of Dun.can/Flickr.

New Article: Mystified Consciousness: Rethinking the Rise of the Far Right with Marx and Lacan

Claudia Leeb Published Online: 2018-11-10 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0022. Abstract This paper brings core concepts coined by Karl Marx in conversation with Jacques Lacan to analyse some of the mechanisms that have mystified subjects’ consciousness,...

HONK! Fest 2010: Parade from Davis Square to Harvard Square, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, October 10, 2010 | © Courtesy of Chris Devers/Flickr.

New Article: Composing for Improvisers: Negotiating the Issue of Individual Voice

Anton Hunter Published Online: 2018-09-25 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0019. Abstract This paper addresses one aspect of my Practice as Research project exploring composing for large groups of improvising musicians. It looks at how my practice...

Umayyad Mosque, Damascus, Syria, May 23, 2009 | © Courtesy of Arian Zwegers/Flickr.

New Article: “Qabbani versus Qur’an”: Arabism and the Umma in Robin Yassin-Kassab’s The Road from Damascus

Tasnim Qutait Published Online: 2018-05-30 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2018-0008. Abstract In The Road from Damascus (2008), Syrian-British writer Robin Yassin-Kassab’s debut novel, the protagonist describes “the opposing camps of [his] childhood,” as narratives of “Qabbani...