Stephen D'ArcyBong Joon-ho’s “Parasite”: Capitalism as a Machine for Decomposing SolidaritiesIn biology, the counter-concept of “parasitism” is (mutualistic) “symbiosis.” In a parasitic relation between two organisms, there is a…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
Stephen D'ArcyBong Joon-ho’s “Parasite”: Capitalism as a Machine for Decomposing (Symbiotic) SolidaritiesIn biology, the counter-concept of “parasitism” is (mutualistic) “symbiosis.” In a parasitic relation between two organisms, there is a…Dec 2, 2022Dec 2, 2022
Stephen D'ArcyWhere ‘It’ was, ‘I’ shall come to be: A guide to reading Hegel for the first timeBy Stephen D’ArcyJul 16, 2022Jul 16, 2022
Stephen D'ArcyDaoism and solidarity in ‘Minari’At first sight, Lee Isaac Chung’s film Minari looks like a daoist or neo-daoist elaboration of the movie’s ever-present formula, “we save…Apr 26, 2021Apr 26, 2021
Stephen D'ArcyWhat Kind of Catastrophe is the Burning of Notre Dame?It is worth noting that different people have reacted very differently to the event of the burning down of the Notre Dame cathedral in…Apr 17, 2019Apr 17, 2019
Stephen D'ArcyDorothy Gale’s Life, “in Toto” — ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ in 3DThe quest on which Dorothy Gale embarked, venturing along the Yellow Brick Road in search of what she called “a place where there isn’t any…Apr 6, 2019Apr 6, 2019
Stephen D'ArcyDare Not to Speak the Name: A Closer Look at Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’[Note: This interpretive essay does contain some plot spoilers.]Jun 14, 2018Jun 14, 2018