Bert Olivier

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  • Bert Olivier works at the Department of Philosophy, University of the Free State. Bert does research in Psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, ecological philosophy and the philosophy of technology, Literature, cinema, architecture and Aesthetics. His current project is 'Understanding the subject in relation to the hegemony of neoliberalism.'


AI and the Sublime

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Think of ChatGPT, or Claude. How many millions of people consult them daily, talk to them, confide in them, ask them for advice, and so on, without reflecting on... Read more.

On Waking Up to a Nightmare

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It is all the more imperative that, instead of shrinking back in fear when we behold the nightmare, we confront it. The act of doing so openly instead of ignoring... Read more.

Charlie Kirk and Socrates

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In short, it appears that, as several commentators have observed – and as we know from history – in death, Charlie Kirk is proving to be much stronger than in... Read more.

On Defiling the Human Body

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How does this 14th-century perspective compare with the attitude towards the human body that one witnesses in today’s world? Putting it plainly, the medieval detour... Read more.

The Limits of Hospitality

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I wonder if anyone has looked at the crisis surrounding illegal, virtually unchecked immigration in the US, UK, and European Union, as well as a country like South... Read more.