PinnedKooper Wilson(Dis)avowing Animality: Darwin, Strauss, NietzscheThe discontinuity between humans and animals has remained one of the great world riddles left over from the late nineteenth century…Aug 9, 20231Aug 9, 20231
Kooper WilsonThe Violence of the Name in Culture, or Bricolage Since RousseauNotes on Of Grammatology, Part II, The Violence of the Letter: From Lévi-Strauss to RousseauSep 4Sep 4
Kooper WilsonImpossible Encounters in London’s MarginsA series of chances to encounter or contemplate marginality.Aug 21Aug 21
Kooper WilsonThoughts of a Lord’s Hunting DogWith little effort, dogs are not only capable of philosophizing but can be much better at it than men, which is why they rely on us to…Aug 19Aug 19
Kooper WilsonEngland Under the RaysNone of the morbid, British, dreadful things I encountered proved powerful enough to disturb my usual equanimity.Aug 181Aug 181
Kooper WilsonFalling on Pigeons’ Ears — Translating Friedrich Nietzsche’s PoetryWhen dealing with words, especially in translation, we often do not deal with them.Jun 242Jun 242
Kooper WilsonSeamus Heaney’s Bluntness of UtteranceHeaney so often smooths over what he deems superfluous, opting for a generalization devoid of any actual detail.Jun 24Jun 24
Kooper WilsonThe Openness of TranslationThe work of translation begins with an oath or promise to the text that one knows one will betray. One must love what one abandons.Jun 249Jun 249
Kooper WilsonDreaming WellTO WHOM LIFE IS AN EXPERIENCE TO BE CARRIED AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. . . .Mar 171Mar 171