A half-hour interview with political theorist Dimitri Vouros on the theme of Buddhist philosophy, ethics, and lethal violence. With thanks to producer David Rutledge of The Philosopher’s Zone, and the AAP (Australasian Association of Philosophy) for sponsoring the programme.
“A Buddhist perspective on the ethics of violence” – ABC Radio National Philosopher’s Zone interview
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Poem in Westerly Magazine 67.2: https://westerlymag.com.au/issues/67-2/
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Short interview with Counterpoint program host Amanda Vanstone on killing and Buddhism, in Myanmar, and in state-sanctioned warfare (December 5th): https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/counterpoint/counterpoint/14110658
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An article-essay for AEON Journal, in response to some popular and academic discourse on the theme of Buddhism and killing. Published online October 31st, 2022: https://aeon.co/essays/if-killing-is-antithetical-to-buddhism-how-can-they-do-it
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Short story published in Westerly Magazine 67.1 (July 2022): https://westerlymag.com.au/digital_archives/westerly-67-1/
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Short article on the contemporary relations and state of play between technoscience, the state, and the person as technobiotic consumer and political-economic subject, broadly construed, and in a broadly post-Heideggerian register:
https://www.academia.edu/81495430/Technoscience_and_the_Colonisation_of_Value
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Interview published on the Ploughshares Journal blog (January 27, 2022) with American poet Ravi Shankar on his memoir “Correctional” – https://blog.pshares.org/my-hope-is-this-book-is-not-simply-a-literary-artefact-and-that-it-is-used-for-more-than-my-own-personal-redemption-an-interview-with-ravi-shankar/?fbclid=IwAR3SP4Vr0dwh38bLGw-DlZPVP2wOXKMV4DmI28vfg7XNGv6tQy8xgx3-7Z8
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Buddhist-philosophical short essay published on Academia Letters, August 18th, 2021:
https://www.academia.edu/50914401/Buddhist_karma_as_infinite_regress_vicious_or_benign
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Article on the ongoing U.S. prosecution/persecution of J. Assange, and its relation to the Australian state, as of early-March 2021. Published online by Overland Journal (March 3rd):
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