君子不器
Film Review: ‘The Tenants Downstairs’ The major difference between Ko’s novel and his screenplay is the introduction of a conventional interrogation-and-flashback format. Before his dreadful deeds are shown, the unnamed and unrepentant landlord (Yam) tells a police detective (Kai Fung) to prepare for “a story out of your imagination.” That’s about it for traditional narrative.…
Burnt Norton I Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. If all time is eternally present All time is unredeemable. What might have been is an abstraction Remaining a perpetual possibility Only in a world of speculation. What might have been and what…
Writing China: Michael Schuman, ‘Confucius and the World He Created’ Chinese President Xi Jinping often cites Confucius in his speeches. Is he, like the old emperors, using the sage to justify authoritarianism? I believe that is exactly what President Xi is doing. For about two millennia, the emperors of China had used a form of…
Michel Foucault – Monoskop