Swagato Saha : Writing

One-Dimensional

One-Dimensional

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Why is the contemporary urban aesthetic reduced to the spectacle of skyscrapers - "a perpetual repetition of one and the same content" (Hegel)? This p..
The Silent Muse

The Silent Muse

A Poem by Swagato Saha


This concerns the silence of the feminine subject in film and literature - an artifact of male fantasy, it speaks only in aftermath, through gestures ..
Surplus Self

Surplus Self

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Why is it that various diasporas - despite their own immigrant origin - often espouse xenophobic politics of the populist right? "Each consciousness s..
Vacuous Wholes

Vacuous Wholes

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Is Democracy qua People's Will aptly read as the 'Sum of its Parts'/Individuals? How does the Subject relate to the Whole? "[...] keep both the parts ..
A Moment's Pause

A Moment's Pause

A Poem by Swagato Saha


How do modern computers transform scientific theorizing? ‘With enough data the numbers speak for themselves [...], science can advance even with..
Out of Bounds

Out of Bounds

A Poem by Swagato Saha


An attempt to distinguish ordinary Stress from Anxiety - Stress while enumerable, Anxiety expresses the undecidable aspect of subjectivity. "The only ..
Vows

Vows

A Poem by Swagato Saha


What is truly at stake in a heartfelt confession? To know the way we truly feel, in Language defined per eternal traditions? "The subject does not spe..
The Invisible Hand

The Invisible Hand

A Poem by Swagato Saha


What is the 'Invisible Hand of the Free Subject' like to the world of objects - violently transforming and displacing things in its Promethean wake? "..
Aporia

Aporia

A Poem by Swagato Saha


How do the forms of modern media affect Subjectivity? Can Poetry as 'Aporia' recover truth amidst the algorithmic ether? "The medium is the message"..
The Neighbour

The Neighbour

A Poem by Swagato Saha


Can liberal-multiculturalism contain the subtle paradoxes of cultural difference? "The tradition of all dead generations weighs like a nightmare on t..

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