Here are few pictures of Macau and its casinos. The place lost its appearance from the 19th and even 20th century. Found guilty: the massive arrival of new casinos, the construction of the airport and the merger of the Taipa and Coloane islands. You can still find very nicely preserved Portuguese buildings in Macau though, and not all casinos are tasteless. In fact, the distinction between the old and the fake is not always so clear here. Casinos are after all part of the history of Macau. So, I wonder, what is the most authentic? Macau or Las Vegas? I know that the question is pointless anyway because I don’t believe in the word ‘authentic’. But still, I had the feeling that Macau had more depth than Las Vegas, even though Las Vegas remains much more impressive.
An article summarising the Heterotopia of Walt Disney World presentation that I gave in October 2009 is now published in the February edition of the Philosophy Now magazine. The article is part of a series of papers about ‘continental tales’ and the concept of narrative in Continental philosophy.
Thanks to the team of the Philosophy Now magazine for having kindly accepted to publish my paper and for their extremely professional proofreading!
After this shameful European election 2009, emptied of any ambition and monopolized by national self absorption, the important question is: What happened to the European ideal?
