Category: Editorial
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Editorial
This edition is, I think, the most special edition I have worked on in my time as editor-in-chief, as it is both our annual theme edition as well as the issue that completes our 50th anniversary. On the 15th of September 2022, Splijtstof turned 50 years old. To celebrate this monumental achievement, the editorial team…
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Editorial
Dear Reader, To be honest with you, I have struggled with writing this editorial for two reasons. Firstly, it is my very first editorial that I have been writing since I have become the new editor-in-chief at Splijtstof. Secondly, this edition includes a few articles that I hold very dear to my heart – social…
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Redactioneel
Beste lezer, Tijdens de zomer werd duidelijk dat het toch echt ging gebeuren: langzamerhand proberen we terug te gaan naar het “oude normaal”, of in ieder geval het semi-oude normaal. Afgezien van een doolhof aan aangegeven looprichtingen en een maximumaantal personen per ruimte, ging de universiteit van het slot af. Afgelopen zomer was ik regelmatig…
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Introduction 49-3
“Silence is the most spoken dialect in Sardinia” says the Italian novelist Michela Murgia in the episode about the Brontë sisters of the podcast Morgana (available only in Italian, sadly), which narrates the biographies of many extraordinary women (from the past and the present). Michela Murgia’s words hit me while I’m having my daily run…
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Redactioneel (49-2)
Beste lezer, De afgelopen maanden – of eigenlijk: het afgelopen jaar – beleefde ik als één lange aaneenschakeling van ongelofelijke taferelen. Allerlei schokkende spektakels passeerden de revue, waaronder de brand in vluchtelingenkamp Moria, het coronavirus, de explosie in Beiroet, het coronavirus, de Trump-Biden showdown (inclusief bestorming van het Capitool), en het coronavirus. Als een ware…
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Introduction
The past months have been a sort of living paradox. On the one hand, the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzed (still paralyzes and probably will keep on paralyzing) the whole world, forcing us to stay inside, not to meet people, not to act, basically. On the other hand, the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd…
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Introduction
I always thought that podcasts were not my cup of tea. I have never found a moment during the day when I really wanted to listen to an episode or a series that kept me glued to the headphones. Last week, however, I saw that a BBC radio 1 presenter, Phil Taggart, interviewed one of…
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Splijtstof in the time of Coronavirus
A kindly thing it is to have compassion of the afflicted and albeit it well beseemeth every one, yet of those is it more particularly required who have erst had need of comfort and have found it in any, […]. Giovanni Boccaccio These are odd, grim, hard times. To say something smart and meaningful without…
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Redactioneel
Waarde lezer, Sinds 1972 heeft u kunnen genieten en gruwelen van Splijtstof-uitwerpselen. Soms lange, soms korte maar immer Splijtende stof heeft u goedkeurend knikkend, zeurend zuchtend, gehaast, grinnikend en soms verbaasd onder ogen gehad. Begonnen als ‘maandblad van de filosofenbond’ heeft Splijtstof verschillende transities doorgemaakt. Nieuwe redactieleden, nieuwe plannen, nieuwe voorkeuren, nieuwe ideeën. Wat maakt…
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Introduction
Emotions are a pain in the neck sometimes. We have all been there. One day you might start to feel useless, as if you were not adding value to anything you put efforts in. No matter how many times your loved ones tell you that you are a fundamental part of their lives and no…