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Katherine Withy, "Authenticity and Heidegger's Antigone"
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Katherine Withy, "Authenticity and Heidegger's Antigone"

Heidegger calls only Sophocles' Antigone authentic.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra May 12, 2025 • 5 min read
Onur Karamercan, "Heidegger's Antigone: The Ethos of Poetic Existence"
philosophy

Onur Karamercan, "Heidegger's Antigone: The Ethos of Poetic Existence"

...authenticity, especially in this age of relentless fandom, is something we yearn for but don't realize it.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Mar 28, 2025 • 6 min read
Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 3: The Ode to Man and a Definition of Humanity
philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy, Lecture 3: The Ode to Man and a Definition of Humanity

"Antigone" serves as reflection on some incredibly uncomfortable truths.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Sep 3, 2024 • 8 min read
Suzanne Buffam, "On Antigone"
poetry

Suzanne Buffam, "On Antigone"

Suzanne Buffam's little lyric "On Antigone" strikes me as if the perfect words have been spoken.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra May 25, 2024 • 3 min read
"Antigone," or the Construction of the Divine
philosophy

"Antigone," or the Construction of the Divine

The sacred is born of a denial which demands others suffer for telling the truth.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Sep 28, 2021 • 9 min read
Creon as Dictator and Our Desire for Order
philosophy

Creon as Dictator and Our Desire for Order

Creon's fantasy is centered on who he's scared to be, as he doesn't want to feel like someone who failed to act when he had the chance.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Sep 13, 2021 • 9 min read
Antigone and Ismene Outside the Gates
philosophy

Antigone and Ismene Outside the Gates

Humans understood as rule-bearing, rule-bound creatures does not start with a notion of the "state" or "city," but with family itself.

  • Ashok Karra
Ashok Karra Sep 8, 2021 • 7 min read
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