Tony Mckenna
Biographic Data
| ID | 4498341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tony Mckenna |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tony |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckenna |
| SIGNATURE | MCKENNA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | 11 Eastfield Road Birchington, Thanet Kent, UK CT7 9RH |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Alone with Berlin
On the Psychiatrists’ Couch
In the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, generally speaking, tragedy and comedy were two genres which were held apart. The Roman playwright Plautus used the expression “tragicomedy”, it is tru
The Dictator, the Revolution, the Machine
Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective
"Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective provides a historical and dialectical journey through some of the most salient and abiding works of art, literature, TV series and film, including the analysis of more classical forms such as the paintings of Van Gogh or work by Balzac and Bronte, alongside modern elements which are on the cutting edge of contemporary culture - like HBO's Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, The H…
The Suicide Forest
Suicide in Japan is a significant issue. The samurai warrior who commits hari-kari (hara-kiri) and the kamikaze pilot have long been icons of self-immolation. But even today the suicide rate in Japan is roughly 60 percent above the global average, and sociologists have long puzzled over the enigma. What about Japanese society has made it so prone to this phenomenon? Many have referenced forms of Japanese religious and cultural beliefs, but this a…
Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective
Against Post-Marxism
This article provides a brief examination of the theory of Althusser, Mouffe, Laclau and Žižek. Specifically the writer endeavours to provide an account of the methodological categories which underpin the thought of these thinkers at the most fundamental level; an X-ray like snap shot which reveals the bare bones of the theoretical apparatus each thinker deploys. When stripped of all its external paraphernalia and specific idiosyncrasies, the tho…
In Time
Kantianism and the Judgement of Beauty in Light of the Problem of True Totality and its Basis in the Forms and Structures of Social Existence
This article provides a Hegelian–Marxist appreciation of Kant's aesthetic standpoint, specifically the judgement of the beautiful. However, it seeks to show how the judgement of the beautiful evolved from the need to reconcile the noumenal–phenomenal divide that had developed in and through Kantianism more broadly. In addition, it aims to locate the noumenal–phenomenal distinction as one that had emerged in its own right from the problem of total…
Christopher Hitchens
In November 2011 the journalist and author Christopher Hitchens succumbed to cancer. The occasion provoked an outpouring of encomia on the part of the world's mainstream press while weaker voices
Hegelian Dialectics
This article is an attempt to trace the development of modern dialectics. George W.F. Hegel brought the method of dialectics to fruition through an analysis of the history of philosophy beginning with the ancient Greeks and 'Oriental' thought, before traversing the various stages which would eventually culminate in the philosophy of Hegel himself. The author of this article concentrates on the modern epoch in particular, whereby the rationalism o…
Hugo Chavez and the PSUV in Light of the Historical Process in Venezuela
The attitude of many on the left to Venezuela and the Hugo Chavez phenomenon is sometimes ambiguous to say the least. But whatever thoughts one might harbour regarding Chavez the person or indeed Chavez the politician, it is important to recognise that he was raised to power on the back of a movement which has swept through Venezuelan society, polarising millions of people. It is a tendency which has found a corresponding echo throughout Latin Am…
Studies in Arab History
Hegelian Dialectics
This article is an attempt to trace the development of modern dialectics. George W.F. Hegel brought the method of dialectics to fruition through an analysis of the history of philosophy beginning with the ancient Greeks and 'Oriental' thought, before traversing the various stages which would eventually culminate in the philosophy of Hegel himself. The author of this article concentrates on the modern epoch in particular, whereby the rationalism o…
Against Post-Marxism
This article provides a brief examination of the theory of Althusser, Mouffe, Laclau and Žižek. Specifically the writer endeavours to provide an account of the methodological categories which underpin the thought of these thinkers at the most fundamental level; an X-ray like snap shot which reveals the bare bones of the theoretical apparatus each thinker deploys. When stripped of all its external paraphernalia and specific idiosyncrasies, the tho…
Studies in Arab History
Hugo Chavez and the PSUV in Light of the Historical Process in Venezuela
The attitude of many on the left to Venezuela and the Hugo Chavez phenomenon is sometimes ambiguous to say the least. But whatever thoughts one might harbour regarding Chavez the person or indeed Chavez the politician, it is important to recognise that he was raised to power on the back of a movement which has swept through Venezuelan society, polarising millions of people. It is a tendency which has found a corresponding echo throughout Latin Am…
Hegelian Dialectics
This article is an attempt to trace the development of modern dialectics. George W.F. Hegel brought the method of dialectics to fruition through an analysis of the history of philosophy beginning with the ancient Greeks and 'Oriental' thought, before traversing the various stages which would eventually culminate in the philosophy of Hegel himself. The author of this article concentrates on the modern epoch in particular, whereby the rationalism o…
Christopher Hitchens
In November 2011 the journalist and author Christopher Hitchens succumbed to cancer. The occasion provoked an outpouring of encomia on the part of the world's mainstream press while weaker voices
Against Post-Marxism
This article provides a brief examination of the theory of Althusser, Mouffe, Laclau and Žižek. Specifically the writer endeavours to provide an account of the methodological categories which underpin the thought of these thinkers at the most fundamental level; an X-ray like snap shot which reveals the bare bones of the theoretical apparatus each thinker deploys. When stripped of all its external paraphernalia and specific idiosyncrasies, the tho…
In Time
Kantianism and the Judgement of Beauty in Light of the Problem of True Totality and its Basis in the Forms and Structures of Social Existence
This article provides a Hegelian–Marxist appreciation of Kant's aesthetic standpoint, specifically the judgement of the beautiful. However, it seeks to show how the judgement of the beautiful evolved from the need to reconcile the noumenal–phenomenal divide that had developed in and through Kantianism more broadly. In addition, it aims to locate the noumenal–phenomenal distinction as one that had emerged in its own right from the problem of total…
Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective
"Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective provides a historical and dialectical journey through some of the most salient and abiding works of art, literature, TV series and film, including the analysis of more classical forms such as the paintings of Van Gogh or work by Balzac and Bronte, alongside modern elements which are on the cutting edge of contemporary culture - like HBO's Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, The H…
The Suicide Forest
Suicide in Japan is a significant issue. The samurai warrior who commits hari-kari (hara-kiri) and the kamikaze pilot have long been icons of self-immolation. But even today the suicide rate in Japan is roughly 60 percent above the global average, and sociologists have long puzzled over the enigma. What about Japanese society has made it so prone to this phenomenon? Many have referenced forms of Japanese religious and cultural beliefs, but this a…
Art, Literature and Culture from a Marxist Perspective
The Dictator, the Revolution, the Machine
On the Psychiatrists’ Couch
In the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans, generally speaking, tragedy and comedy were two genres which were held apart. The Roman playwright Plautus used the expression “tragicomedy”, it is tru
Alone with Berlin
Sociology (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works)