Challenging article by Slavoj Zizek in the New Statesman about why we, as Europeans, feel so threatened by the migrant refugee crisis. We feel threatened by the strangeness of the other instead of seeing the strangeness in ourselves through other eyes. As he says: … “We should learn to experience ourselves as eccentric, to see our customs in all their weirdness and arbitrariness.”
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- Spent the day with my artist colleagues responding to the film Parasite through drawing. #exploringdifferently https://t.co/4ZJsTwXjRJ 2 days ago
- RT @KirstyStricklan: TV show idea: film Boris Johnson doing a week in all of the jobs his government claim are “low-skilled”. 3 days ago
- RT @IMcMillan: Places are only remote if you don’t live there. 4 days ago
- Absolutely. The Cabinet all have people doing these jobs for them - cooking their food, looking after their kids, c… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 days ago
- Very uncomfortable with Government's skilled Vs unskilled labour distinction. What about socially important Vs unim… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 4 days ago
