Julia Sushytska
Biographic Data
| ID | 1594722 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Julia Sushytska |
| GIVEN NAMES | Julia |
| FAMILY NAME | Sushytska |
| SIGNATURE | SUSHYTSKA J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Occidental College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Ruta
The Illusion of a Crossroads
If “classical” lies aimed to conceal truth and “modern” ones attempted to destroy it, “postmodern” propaganda targets the self and the certainty of thinking. The organized lies of our times aim to silence the self by sabotaging our ability to make sense of the world. As a result, it is difficult to speak truth today. It is equally difficult to hear it, not in the least because truth, unlike propaganda, is unwilling to admit that it is one opinion…
Metics and the art of playing with contradictions
The metics, or those who live in-between several different cultures, nations, races, ethnicities, or identities, have a major epistemological advantage: they are more likely to develop a way of knowing, different from Western rationality, that could help transform oppressive institutions and identities. I will call this way of knowing metis, and argue that it allows one to handle more effectively ambiguous and complex situations. I will define it…
On the Non-Rivalry Between Poetry and Philosophy
Revisiting Plato’s Republic in light of the cultural shift from orality to literacy, this essay suggests that Plato is fully aware of myth’s indispensability for logos-oriented culture—of the fact that both poetry and philosophy rely on mythical thinking. This dialogue enables us to think the impossibility of the philosopher’s city, the city that expelled its poets
What Is Eastern Europe
This paper discusses Eastern Europe as a way of being traceable to a specific place or topos in between the West and its Others. By virtue of fitting neither one of the terms of the usual dichotomy it could provide novel insights into Western or European identity, as well as social and political problems, such as immigration. More precisely, Eastern Europe is an instance of the process of creating the self through the encounter with an other that…
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What Is Eastern Europe
This paper discusses Eastern Europe as a way of being traceable to a specific place or topos in between the West and its Others. By virtue of fitting neither one of the terms of the usual dichotomy it could provide novel insights into Western or European identity, as well as social and political problems, such as immigration. More precisely, Eastern Europe is an instance of the process of creating the self through the encounter with an other that…
On the Non-Rivalry Between Poetry and Philosophy
Revisiting Plato’s Republic in light of the cultural shift from orality to literacy, this essay suggests that Plato is fully aware of myth’s indispensability for logos-oriented culture—of the fact that both poetry and philosophy rely on mythical thinking. This dialogue enables us to think the impossibility of the philosopher’s city, the city that expelled its poets
Metics and the art of playing with contradictions
The metics, or those who live in-between several different cultures, nations, races, ethnicities, or identities, have a major epistemological advantage: they are more likely to develop a way of knowing, different from Western rationality, that could help transform oppressive institutions and identities. I will call this way of knowing metis, and argue that it allows one to handle more effectively ambiguous and complex situations. I will define it…
The Illusion of a Crossroads
If “classical” lies aimed to conceal truth and “modern” ones attempted to destroy it, “postmodern” propaganda targets the self and the certainty of thinking. The organized lies of our times aim to silence the self by sabotaging our ability to make sense of the world. As a result, it is difficult to speak truth today. It is equally difficult to hear it, not in the least because truth, unlike propaganda, is unwilling to admit that it is one opinion…
Ruta
Epistemology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)