I end with Nietzsche on music and what for him mattered as the democratic art of tragedy, as in antiquity, this involved everyone — without exception. The communal point works in some Neil Diamond concerts: pack up the babies, grab the old ladies, ev’ryone goes, ‘cause everyone knows. Brother Love’s Travelling Salvation Show [1] describesContinue reading “Coda — ‘Mitsingen’”
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‘Think Twice’, take two
The ones on the street, the beggars we purposefully refuse to see, carefully step over, pass by, is an old story that goes hand in glove, Ivan Illich also underlines this in his reflections on the parable of the Good Samaritan which Illich, being Illich, makes more rather than less problematic as a parable: theContinue reading “‘Think Twice’, take two”
‘Will You Know My Name?’
Where Jim Steinman’s and Meat Loaf’s Paradise By the Dashboard Light, nicely featured in Bat out of Hell begins with the erotic promise of heaven on earth, comparable to a classic chrome outline, well known in casual discourse on love and climax, thus the Phil Rizzuto riff. Tthe paradise promised in Judeao-Christian redemption is anContinue reading “‘Will You Know My Name?’”
Günther Anders’s ‘Promethean Disconnect’
Günther Anders’s The Obsolescence of the Human, appeared in English translation, ah, finally! this past January, 2026, seventy years after its first publication in German in 1956. Anders begins by thematizing technology. I read Anders in my 2022 Günther Anders’ Philosophy of Technology not only as I emphasize Martin Heidegger on technology but owing toContinue reading “Günther Anders’s ‘Promethean Disconnect’”
‘Oh, think twice’
Maybe Orpheus had his reasons for thinking twice, looking back at Eurydice.[1] Thus, like Dylan’s repeated ‘no, no, no,’ to answer the excess claims made by the woman ‘outside his window’, posterchild of scorn, Orpheus has no interest in the Maenads. Jankélévitch keeps the tension: ‘Orpheus died victim to the Thracian Bacchantes, the drunken Maenads,Continue reading “‘Oh, think twice’”
Misogyny and Ressentiment from Orpheus to Dylan and Meat Loaf (continued…)
1. Rock Ressentiment Ressentiment and Misogyny: Between Old Resentments and New Configurations A complicated ressentiment permeates rock music along with misogyny,[1] via what the analytic philosopher, Kate Manne 2017 analyzes as The Logic of Misogyny[2] and others theorize as ‘masculine hegemony’ or the ‘male gaze,’[3] the idea of ‘revolt,’[4] and the ‘energy’ of anger.[5] InContinue reading “Misogyny and Ressentiment from Orpheus to Dylan and Meat Loaf (continued…)”
Babette Babich Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #321
Reposting a blog published 2 March 2026 — unedited apart from a crucial illustration Babette Babich is an American philosopher, a founder of the New Nietzsche Studies writing on continental aesthetics, philosophy of science (Nietzsche), technology (Heidegger, Anders), critical and cultural theory. She published Günther Anders’ Philosophy of Technology: From Phenomenology to Critical Theory in 2021 (Bloomsbury academic). Continue reading “Babette Babich Interview | Alexandre Gilbert #321”
Misogyny and Ressentiment from Orpheus to Dylan and Meat Loaf
Introduction There are books on pop music genres and classical antiquity — partly to sell books, if also in part to sell studies of classical Greek and Latin antiquity at university[1] — in addition to an urge to attend more broadly to musical reception as such.[2] Not quite a general review of classical influence, whichContinue reading “Misogyny and Ressentiment from Orpheus to Dylan and Meat Loaf”
Hallelujah and the End of Time
From Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan to Meat Loaf — and Messaien Video link:
HowTheLightGetsIn London 20 Sept 2025
11 AM: [9] The Future of European Thought (or analytic vs. continental philosophy) Host: Danielle SandsDate of event: Saturday, September 20 thTime: 11:00Venue: Hat Speakers: Christoph Schuringa, Genia Schönbaumsfeld, Babette Babich 17:30 PM: [50] The Word and the World Host: Joanna KavennaDate of event: Saturday, September 20 thTime: 17:30Venue: International Speakers: Hilary Lawson, Babette Babich,Continue reading “HowTheLightGetsIn London 20 Sept 2025”