..:: ATOPIA - the polylogic e-zine ::..

babel (ATOPIA no. 3 - 10/2003)

The towers have crumbled... and we have to acknowledge it. But standing amidst the rubble, we have to ask ourselves whether we may really speak about the end of vertical hierarchies, if centralized monopolizations have truly disappeared.

Babel's aftermath seems to be calling for new forms of organization. Could ATOPIA's concept of a polylogic network of horizontal "islands" open new horizons for an 'After Babel'?

The new Babel - between Makeup and the Closet

Written by Subcomandante Marcos (Chiapas)
How come the Twin Towers were - more than anything else - seen as the symbol of a unilateral world-wide hegemony? Why was the response to September 11 a war in former Babylonia? A perspective from the Mexican mountains.
Read more...

Sulla traduzione

Written by Antonio Prete (Siena)
To translate means to cast a doubt on the clear distinction between own and foreign. As the comparatist and translator Antonio Prete argues, translation could become the model for a practice of hospitality.
Read more...

Vor Babel türmen. Ausflüchte bei zitternden Fundamenten

Written by Sven Rücker (Berlin)
Babel and Bible, Kant and Kafka, Descartes and Derrida are some ingredients of Rücke's explosive cocktail on the Western "Will of Grounding"
Read more...

Polylogik im Dialog. Antike griechische Logik und die indische Schule des Nyaya

Written by Kiran Desai-Breun (Bombay/Erfurt)
Logic seems to pertain to the utmost Western categories. The Indian philosopher Kiran Desai-Breun questions the eurocentric assumption, comparing classical Greek dialectics with the Indian logician school of Nyaya. The comparison not only reveals analogies but also substantial differences.
Read more...

Orbiting around unity

Written by Veronika Reichl (Berlin)
Babel stands for dispersion and differentiation, but the myth of the original unity mirrors a deep human longing. Veronika Reichl's multimedia art tries to approach these tempting movements around an impossible center.(Flash)
Read more...

[ Back ]

platforms