The opposition between democracy and community is based on the mutally exclusive properties of self-interested democratic participation and a unified identity in community membership. The self attempts to reach a purpose in reality by striving for a national identity even in a democractic structure that only serves and protects individuals. A structural examination of the system of power looks at both of these modes of political interaction and how they are defined against each other.

 
The relationship between Kant and Sade is one between a universal and a particular. The universal moral law of Kant requires a transcendent source that orders reality, while the particular bodily enjoyment of Sade is made possible by an immanent actor who initiates these pleasures in reality. It is within the creation of law that transgressive acts become possible, and Sade becomes the hidden truth and counterpart to Kant. Any universal must begin as a particular.

 
Postanarchism is the intersection of an anarchist critique of power with poststructuralist theory. It is also a recognition that in order to challenge the state there must also be a challenge to any human essence that can be used to perpetuate power. Any universality must in reality be empty and filled by particular actions and perspectives that creates structures of power. By understanding that a universal is an artificial construction, one is able to see the background of power and how it engages with identity.

 
The phenomenon of the Black Bloc at major anti-globalization protests reveal a paradox of anarchist action in particular and global justice in general. Those who wish not to be supervised by protest organizers and wiling to destroy property in order to challenge the system of power are both a positive and negative contribution to these protests. The positive aspect is that they are willing to disrupt any attempt to control the struggle for justice, while the negative aspect is that they are the target and focus of new forms of government control and discipline which innovate to deter all types of action.

 
Deleuze was inspired by Spinoza in the formulation the expression of desire as a first act of power. Rights and democracies are built on this premise in order to allow this primal expression. It is when the ability to act is used by others and the group is unable to communicate with each other as equals that tyranny and exploitation appears.

 
It is time once again for the yearly Oscar predictions. Here are my predictions on the upcoming nominations, followed shortly with the predictions on the winners once the official nominations are announced. The * signifies the films that I think will win in that category. I think this year is a good group and have a good chance of actually getting nominated.


BEST PICTURE:
The Fountain
Fast Food Nation
Babel*
Bobby
Apocalypto

BEST ACTOR:
Will Smith, “The Pursuit Of Happyness”
Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”
Forest Whitaker, “The Last King Of Scotland”*
Brian Cox, “Running With Scissors”
Joe Pantoliano, “Canvas”

BEST ACTRESS:
Helen Mirren, “The Queen”
Emma Thompson, “Stranger Than Fiction”
Annette Bening, “Running With Scissors”
Catherine O'Hara, “For Your Consideration”*
Bryce Dallas Howard, “Manderlay”

BEST DIRECTOR:
Robert Altman, “A Prairie Home Companion”
Michel Gondry, “The Science Of Sleep”*
Richard Linklater, “Fast Food Nation”
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, “Babel”
Darren Aronofsky, “The Fountain”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Steve Carell, “Little Miss Sunshine”
Djimon Hounsou, “Blood Diamond”
Ben Affleck, “Hollywoodland”*
Jack Nicholson, “The Departed”
Willem Dafoe, “Manderlay”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Gwyneth Paltrow, “Running With Scissors”
Kerry Washington, “The Dead Girl”*
Robin Tunney, “Hollywoodland”
Scarlett Johansson, “The Black Dahlia”
Parker Posey, “For Your Consideration”

BEST FOREIGN FILM:
Volver
The Lives of Others*
Apocalypto
12:08 East Of Bucharest
Pan’s Labyrinth

BEST SCREENPLAY:
Little Miss Sunshine
Half Nelson
A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
Unknown*
World Trade Center

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Running With Scissors
All The King’s Men
Thank You For Smoking
Old Joy
V For Vendetta*

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
The Good German*
V For Vendetta
Apocalypto
World Trade Center
The Black Dahlia

BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Shut Up And Sing
An Unreasonable Man*
An Inconvenient Truth
Paper Dolls
Who Killed The Electric Car

BEST SONG:
The Pick Of Destiny, “Tenacious D And The Pick Of Destiny”*
Never Gonna Break My Faith, “Bobby”
O Kazakhstan, “Borat”
P.J. And Rooster, “Idlewild”
Listen, “Dreamgirls”

BEST ANIMATED FILM:
Happy Feet
A Scanner Darkly*
Cars

 
The architecture of the Star Wars saga are used in such a way as to supplement the mythical scope of the movies. There are harsh and cold urban landscapes as well as more naturalistic planning that reflects the epic struggle between good and evil that is at the core of the plot from beginning to end.

 
There is a strong trend of independent films that emphasizes flat visual effects and unusual characters. It began in the 1990's and has increased in popularity as time passed. Its quirkiness has attracted an audience and can be considered another movement of film that has enacted as many changes as the French New Wave or Italian Neorealism.

 
Cooperatives are businesses and partnerships that are democratically operated and equally share profit. In order to properly function and to avoid corruption, there must be a set of rules and regulations that must be internally followed. It would be very similar to a constitution for a democractic government.