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Recuerdas

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Post date Feb 18, 2026
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Memory is often described as a storehouse, but in practice it behaves more like a living weave. Individuals remember unevenly, cultures remember selectively, and civilisations remember strategically. What survives transmission is rarely detail and almost never balance. What persists is pattern: threat, loss, success under pressure, moments where coordination mattered and failure carried cost. Psychology […]

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Teresa Brennan: Philosophy of Affect

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Post date Jan 15, 2026
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Teresa Brennan was an Australian feminist philosopher whose work crossed psychoanalysis, philosophy, and social theory, frequently placing her at odds with academic orthodoxy. She challenged dominant Lacanian interpretations by insisting that affect is not a linguistic effect or private feeling but a materially transmissible force that moves between bodies and across institutions. This stance drew […]

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