Whenever anyone declares that what they are doing is neutral or free of ideology we ought to be suspicious. This is even more so in relation to contemporary terrorism. How would it be possible to take a neutral stance on post 9/11 events and even have anything to say? And yet this is precisely what [...]
Category Archives: Cooper’s Last
Arena Forum: Questioning Art and Politics
November 22, 2011 – 11:19 am
How might artists respond to the social transformations occurring today? Can artists take on a political agenda without compromising their creativity?
With Friends like John Armstrong …
September 4, 2011 – 3:08 pm
The humanities’ vital contribution to the public sphere
Imagining the Post-Human
February 2, 2006 – 8:39 am
Simon Cooper Recent books by Kazuo Ishiguro and Michel Houellebecq offer guides of sorts to the post-human.
Downloading the Siren’s Song
April 2, 2005 – 6:38 pm
Simon Cooper The tecnological management of otherness
Short Memory
April 2, 2003 – 6:50 pm
Simon Cooper What will be the consequences of a quick, high-tech war?


