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2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/07/it-is-above-all-those-who-have-gone-missing-from-the-world-who-begin-to-define-228-what-the-world-is-as-a-whole-to-be-able/original ↗
7 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/07/arendts-banality-of-evil-actually-functioned-as-an-overcoming-of-gnosticism-neiman-also-hinted-at-this-arendt-thought/original ↗
7 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/06/in-gershom-scholems-work-the-mystical-heresy-of-sabbatianism-and-its-self-proclaimed-messiah-sabbatai-zevi-16261676/original ↗
6 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/06/in-his-talk-taubes-developed-a-radical-critique-of-scholems-rigid-distinction-between-christian-and-jewish-concepts-of-sa/original ↗
6 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/04/in-september-1986-just-before-the-discovery-of-his-cancer-taubes-had-lectured-in-heidelberg-at-the-forschungsstatte-der-ev/original ↗
4 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/04/i-intend-to-examine-the-inner-dynamics-of-the-messianic-idea-in-judaism-he-began-this-entails-reconsidering-gersho/original ↗
4 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/04/while-the-project-never-came-to-fruition-its-themes-were-prominent-in-a-course-the-history-of-heresy-that-taubes-taught-at/original ↗
4 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/04/theology-taubes-posited-arises-out-of-religious-crisis-when-the-mythical-symbols-in-canonical-texts-that-express-a-h/original ↗
4 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/two-of-the-themes-of-pauls-letters-seem-to-have-had-a-deep-resonance-for-jacob-the-first-was-the-inevitability-of-sin-and/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/the-oppression-of-the-early-christian-communities-by-the-roman-emperors-leads-to-a-recrudescence-of-jewish-apocalyptic-motifs/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/borrowing-extensively-from-the-work-of-hans-jonas-in-occidental-eschatology-taubes-explores-gnosticism-the-world-stand/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/the-second-theme-in-taubess-occidental-eschatology-which-comprises-the-greater-part-of-the-volume-treats-the-history-of-a/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/the-relevance-of-jonass-exploration-of-gnosticism-to-jewish-history-was-demonstrated-by-his-friend-gershom-scholem-in-his/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/a-seminal-influence-on-taubess-doctoral-dissertation-was-a-book-published-in-1934-by-hans-jonas-gnosticism-and-the-spirit/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/during-the-decade-between-1954-and-1964-blanchot-gradually-replaces-the-lead-vocalists-in-his-theory-of-the-recit-it-is-no/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/the-last-essay-in-the-series-translated-from-is-an-allusion-to-joe-bousquets-book-translated-from-silence-194/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/03/before-literary-silence-became-an-issue-of-genres-in-the-song-of-the-sirens-it-was-a-subject-of-a-series-of-articles-f/original ↗
3 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/02/ever-since-the-idea-of-salvation-rose-to-power-in-certain-traditions-a-radical-world-critical-spark-smolders-in-the-world-co/original ↗
2 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/02/if-the-human-decides-to-go-into-the-desert-he-elevates-his-life-into-the-state-of-metaphysical-alertnessawakeness-is-ever/original ↗
2 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/02/in-the-west-the-young-augustine-supports-these-world-critical-movements-with-his-severe-paring-back-of-christian-epistemic-i/original ↗
2 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/09/02/the-desert-principle-gains-strength-at-the-moment-when-christianity-has-ceased-to-be-a-religion-of-resistance-only-after-the/original ↗
2 Sept 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/perhaps-the-time-has-come-when-theology-must-learn-to-live-without-the-support-of-canon-and-classical-authorities-and-stand-i/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/although-this-all-sounds-very-speculative-the-course-of-action-that-derives-from-a-gnosticism-conceived-dialectically-is-sim/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/this-connection-between-religion-and-nihilism-was-for-scholem-reflected-most-intensely-in-the-writings-of-franz-kafka-for/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/in-a-letter-to-vita-sackville-west-16-march-1926-woolf-wrote-as-for-the-mot-juste-you-are-quite-wrong-style-is-a-very-s/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/an-essay-focused-on-holderlin-and-originally-published-as-the-turning-1955-is-the-last-to-be-included-in-the-appendi/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/what-is-it-about-the-mythic-or-hyperbolic-term-cancer-that-frightens-us-by-its-very-name-as-if-it-were-the-unnameabl/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/the-apocalypse-always-disappoints-it-is-that-ambiguous-and-excessive-event-that-does-not-reveal-the-truth-of-the-end-because/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/the-human-participates-in-the-anonymous-and-collective-flow-hum-movement-of-the-street-but-is-not-subject-in-this-errant-a/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/31/criticism-prepares-the-way-for-a-different-and-unforeseeable-affirmation-thus-making-it-one-of-the-most-difficult-but-i/original ↗
31 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/08/30/for-me-artaud-and-bataille-simone-weil-you-know-all-the-emotional-tribe-they-had-anticipated-what-was-going-to-happen-an/original ↗
30 Aug 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/07/27/new-interview-with-me-as-part-of-the-second-life-bookclub/original ↗
27 Jul 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/07/02/ahead-of-our-discussion-on-second-life-tomorrow-draxtor-has-some-thoughts-about-my-weil/original ↗
2 Jul 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/06/25/in-dostoevsky-awareness-of-human-insufficiency-leads-to-an-almost-hysterical-signalling-of-vice-from-characters-who-retain-a/original ↗
25 Jun 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/03/09/new-podcast-interview-with-me-by-sam-jordison-and-lori-feather-at-across-the-pond/original ↗
9 Mar 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/02/08/katie-kadue-reviews-my-weil-for-bookforum-by-now-its-clearthatthe-academic-humanitiesthat-supposedly-disinterested-pu/original ↗
8 Feb 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/02/06/the-theme-for-the-inaugural-issue-of-the-journal-for-discarded-daydreams-comes-an-extract-from-my-weil-namely-the-plan-is/original ↗
6 Feb 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/01/26/nicholas-dames-editor-in-chief-of-public-books-chooses-my-weil-as-one-of-his-books-of-the-year-think-minima-moraliaas-a-s/original ↗
26 Jan 2024
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2024/01/20/i-accept-the-world-the-whole-world-with-its-stupidity-obliqueness-dead-and-dry-colours-only-in-order-to-fool-this-b/original ↗
20 Jan 2024
2023
24 Dec 2023
14 Nov 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/11/14/alana-estelle-reviews-my-weil-on-youtube-and-on-instagram/original ↗
14 Nov 2023
19 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/10/17/simone-now-me-in-discussion-with-simone-weil-scholar-christopher-thomas-about-my-weil-courtesy-of-the-philosopher/original ↗
17 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/10/16/benji-demott-reflects-on-my-weil-as-part-of-his-rich-account-of-the-annual-anti-gentrification-street-festival-in-new-york-at/original ↗
16 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/10/15/podcast-jon-day-and-i-discuss-my-weil-at-liberia-bookshop/original ↗
15 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/10/14/for-a-limtied-time-only-by-request-discussion-of-my-weil-joy-division-and-manchester-available-for-download-download-dav/original ↗
14 Oct 2023
4 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/10/04/midwest-review-synopsis-my-weil-by-lars-iyer-follows-a-group-of-twenty-something-phd-students-of-the-new-fangled-subject-di/original ↗
4 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/10/03/foreword-reviews-in-lars-iyers-comedic-novel-my-weil-a-ragtag-cohort-of-doctoral-candidates-studies-at-a-manchester-univ/original ↗
3 Oct 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/09/11/lumpen-revolutionaries-a-my-weil-playlist-at-the-quietus-playlist-for-my-weil-at-largehearted-boy/original ↗
11 Sept 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/09/11/shepherd-express-the-novel-is-a-funny-satire-of-post-everything-academia-written-in-clipped-sentences-that-reflect-the-frac/original ↗
11 Sept 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/09/10/chicago-review-of-books-tears-of-course-satire-and-sorrow-in-lars-iyers-my-weil-ontological-evil-the-madness-of-evil-or-t/original ↗
10 Sept 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/09/10/my-weil-foreword-reviews-in-lars-iyers-comedic-novel-my-weil-a-ragtag-cohort-of-doctoral-candidates-studies-at-a-manche/original ↗
10 Sept 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/09/10/my-weil-publishers-weekly-iyer-nietzsche-and-the-burbs-delves-into-the-lives-of-a-group-of-phd-students-in-this-satirical/original ↗
10 Sept 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/09/09/lm-warner-brothers-had-contacted-bob-schwaid-morrisons-manager-at-the-time-and-he-contacted-me-and-they-had-sent-some-pr/original ↗
9 Sept 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/08/13/it-is-worth-situating-another-of-fishers-arguments-concerning-the-falls-popular-modernism-in-this-context-fisher-astut/original ↗
13 Aug 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/08/01/do-you-blame-anyone-or-anything-for-you-being-alive-not-at-all-but-i-wouldnt-want-to-inflict-it-on-anyone-else-i/original ↗
1 Aug 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/07/14/duras-i-know-hippies-kids-well-my-son-is-a-sort-of-kid-too-there-is-an-almost-irrepressible-repulsion-against-knowledge-a/original ↗
14 Jul 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/06/24/far-from-being-troubled-by-your-letter-i-am-very-touched-that-you-should-tell-me-about-your-great-sorrow-i-wish-i-could-find/original ↗
24 Jun 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/06/23/how-must-we-imagine-your-actual-script-to-look-like-its-a-written-book-that-is-rather-open-and-loose-a-statement-of-int/original ↗
23 Jun 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/06/20/i-used-to-say-that-each-film-shoots-itself-film-like-an-animal-or-creature-chooses-what-it-needs-what-it-wants-for-livin/original ↗
20 Jun 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/06/08/my-weil-readings-tues-august-29th-manchester-blackwells-630-book-here-weds-september-6th-london-liberia-details-t/original ↗
8 Jun 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/06/08/publishers-weekly-review-of-my-weil-iyer-nietzsche-and-the-burbs-delves-into-the-lives-of-a-group-of-phd-students-in-this/original ↗
8 Jun 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/05/18/exodusis-the-third-in-a-trilogy-will-we-be-seeing-more-from-lars-and-w-and-perhaps-those-elusive-essex-post-graduates-in/original ↗
18 May 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/01/15/from-bergmans-seventh-seal-everyone-in-farjestad-spoke-of-evil-omens-and-other-horrors-they-say-two-horses-devoured-eac/original ↗
15 Jan 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/01/15/from-bergmans-through-a-glass-darkly-l-enter-a-large-room-lts-bright-and-peaceful-people-are-moving-back-and-forth-som/original ↗
15 Jan 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/01/15/from-bergmans-autumn-sonata-erik-drowned-the-day-before-his-fourth-birthday-but-you-know-that-it-was-too-much-for-vikto/original ↗
15 Jan 2023
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2023/01/15/from-bergmans-winter-light-we-must-trust-god-we-live-our-simple-daily-lives-and-atrocities-shatter-the-security-of-our/original ↗
15 Jan 2023
2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/11/25/stupidity-and-unlearning-online-seminar-for-the-european-graduate-school-which-i-ran-on-october-29th/original ↗
25 Nov 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/10/10/transcript-of-article-published-in-angermion-de-gruyter-xiv-dec-2021-the-music-of-friendship-nietzsche-and-the-burbs/original ↗
10 Oct 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/09/12/swedish-critic-gunnar-bergdahl-makes-clear-the-cohesion-between-the-films-the-silence-the-director-and-the-nation-in-a-199/original ↗
12 Sept 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/09/07/how-can-we-be-neither-living-client-or-agent-of-this-whorehouse-world-nor-dead-or-too-quickly-lethal-particularly-for-on/original ↗
7 Sept 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/08/18/more-crucially-now-gone-inlargentis-the-psychological-interiority-that-marked-bresson-heroes-like-the-country-priest-cla/original ↗
18 Aug 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/08/13/out-in-a-year-or-so-from-melville-house-my-new-novel-simone-weil/original ↗
13 Aug 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/08/04/i-am-teaching-an-online-seminar-with-the-european-graduate-school-on-auguat-13th-14th-20th-21st-27th-and-28th-overvie/original ↗
4 Aug 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/08/04/if-there-is-something-to-be-healed-the-brokenness-is-within-the-world-to-ask-for-the-eradication-of-brokenness-as-such-is-t/original ↗
4 Aug 2022
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2022/02/11/alongside-bob-dylan-fred-neil-and-a-local-folk-singer-called-bob-gibson-callier-was-discovering-john-coltrane-who-had-just/original ↗
11 Feb 2022
2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/11/11/there-is-no-doubt-that-jesus-was-crucified-in-about-the-seven-hundred-and-seventieth-year-after-the-foundation-of-rome-there/original ↗
11 Nov 2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/11/10/i-see-europe-marching-with-giant-steps-to-its-end-not-for-economic-or-technical-or-political-reasons-not-because-it-is-bein/original ↗
10 Nov 2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/08/26/the-love-of-fate-a-talk-i-gave-to-students-at-the-european-graduate-school/original ↗
26 Aug 2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/08/25/as-the-narrator-ofthe-cheap-eaterssays-life-or-existence-was-nothing-other-than-the-unceasing-and-actually-uninterrupted-an/original ↗
25 Aug 2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/08/24/another-recent-series-of-novels-about-the-sad-decline-of-academia-also-trades-in-apocalyptic-thinking-the-books-are-spurious/original ↗
24 Aug 2021
22 Jul 2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/07/14/gellens-essay-takes-encouragement-from-susan-sontags-critique-of-critical-distance-by-questioning-her-own-attachment-to-bernh/original ↗
14 Jul 2021
https://larsiyer.co.uk/2021/07/14/i-could-also-say-its-one-of-my-favourite-platitudes-i-am-the-unanointed-chronicler-of-a-period-in-which-high-culture-has/original ↗
14 Jul 2021