This essay challenges streaming services as providers of global content through the case study of Netflix. Through the lens of television piracy, it investigates the spatial and temporal challenges inherent in the streaming era. Ultimately this essay contends that streaming … Read more
In this essay, Julian Tepfers explores the interconnectedness of the nation state, the state of nature, and our state of mind. He argues that the nation state need not be a permanent end in itself, but can rather be a temporary state of continuous development. By bringing social contract theory into dialogue with Vedic wisdom, he proposes a continuous return to the state of nature within … Read more
This essay by guest author Ben Brent investigates the subtle ways in which Eurocentrism can be reproduced in what otherwise appear to be anti-Eurocentric, decolonial theory. Distinguishing between “shallow” and “foundational” anti-Eurocentrism, the decentering approach pursued by some anti-Eurocentric authors is analysed in juxtaposition with the stronger position which forms the kernel of much decolonial theorising. A more “foundational” anti-Eurocentrism does, however, entail its own … Read more
Contributions to the INTER-Scene do not necessarily reflect the views or politics of the editorial or advisory board. All submissions are considered in their unique contributions to stimulate debate, dissensus and collaboration amongst contributing authors and traditions of thought. If you would like to submit a response article to one of our guest submissions, please email [email protected] In 2008, Chris Anderson, co-editor and founder at … Read more
An essay which utilises short fiction and music to reflect on the teleological determinism characteristic of historical Eurocentric theorising which aspired to a global universality. How can we think theory in the ruins of such meta-narratives? Does theory still retain … Read more
Today, global thought is in crisis. Geopolitical tensions are fraught, international governance has failed to meaningfully prevent grave humanitarian and climate-related crisis, reactionary and populist powers are on the ascendance, and ethnic, racist and gender-based violence has only entrenched itself across many geographies. The decoupling between the rhetoric and “representative” actions of States and their publics has never been more polarised. Theory and praxis are … Read more
In our “About” page, we attempt our own working definition of “Global Thought”: For us, global thought does not denote a specific discipline or tradition of intellectual inquiry. Rather, we understand global thought to be about: This is not a proscriptive list of thought’s characteristics, properties or possibilities; rather, it articulates the conditions of possibility for thought to be global, and in what ways. Understood in this broad way, … Read more
