Category Archives: Maksimal
Intellectual Mitosis (via Aberrant Monism)
One does not have to do more than a cursory review of intellectual history to find intellectual bifurcations everywhere. There's nominalism vs. realism, rationalism vs. empiricism, analytic vs. continental, and so on. Earlier this month at the Claremont Conference Steven
Intellectual Mitosis (via Aberrant Monism)
One does not have to do more than a cursory review of intellectual history to find intellectual bifurcations everywhere. There's nominalism vs. realism, rationalism vs. empiricism, analytic vs. continental, and so on. Earlier this month at the Claremont Conference Steven
Alenka Zupančič On Comedy: The Odd One In (via Perverse Egalitarianism)
I picked up (seemingly by chance) a new book by Alenka Zupančič – The Odd One In: On Comedy – and I have to say that I am very much enjoying it. Having only semi-read her book on Kant and
Alenka Zupančič On Comedy: The Odd One In (via Perverse Egalitarianism)
I picked up (seemingly by chance) a new book by Alenka Zupančič – The Odd One In: On Comedy – and I have to say that I am very much enjoying it. Having only semi-read her book on Kant and
Laughing all the way to the Bank, and eating a Banker – Notes on Subversive Humour and Impossible Violence (via counterrealism:)
Events at the G20 protest in London simulate the possibilities of violence as an activist strategy that can step out of the trappings and co-optations of the binaries set up by the media-police. How can the symbolic mechanisms that prop
Laughing all the way to the Bank, and eating a Banker – Notes on Subversive Humour and Impossible Violence (via counterrealism:)
Events at the G20 protest in London simulate the possibilities of violence as an activist strategy that can step out of the trappings and co-optations of the binaries set up by the media-police. How can the symbolic mechanisms that prop
Harman on Deleuze and disappointing realisms (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
One form of disappointing realism, in my opinion, is the kind that cares more to valorize certain forms of knowledge than to safeguard the reality of the real. My views in this point are already known. The real is something
Harman on Deleuze and disappointing realisms (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
One form of disappointing realism, in my opinion, is the kind that cares more to valorize certain forms of knowledge than to safeguard the reality of the real. My views in this point are already known. The real is something
On The Idea of Communism (via Total Assault On Culture)
Here is the speedy write-up of my notes from the three-day conference on The Idea of Communism, hosted by Slavoj Žižek at Birkbeck College, which included Judith Balso, Alain Badiou, Bruno Bosteels, Terry Eagleton, Peter Hallward, Michael Hardt, Toni Negri,
On The Idea of Communism (via Total Assault On Culture)
Here is the speedy write-up of my notes from the three-day conference on The Idea of Communism, hosted by Slavoj Žižek at Birkbeck College, which included Judith Balso, Alain Badiou, Bruno Bosteels, Terry Eagleton, Peter Hallward, Michael Hardt, Toni Negri,
Meillassoux: Lenin’s Best Disciple (via Perverse Egalitarianism)
Here's another one. All that business about Meillassoux's arch-fossil argument being so immensely and devastatingly novel that surely now all the idealists correlationists will die a horrible death reminded me of Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-criticism, a rather bombastic and, as
Meillassoux: Lenin’s Best Disciple (via Perverse Egalitarianism)
Here's another one. All that business about Meillassoux's arch-fossil argument being so immensely and devastatingly novel that surely now all the idealists correlationists will die a horrible death reminded me of Lenin's Materialism and Empirio-criticism, a rather bombastic and, as
Oya Baydar – Derin Devletin Derin Kıbrıs’ı
Bir zamanlar Kıbrıs “Akdeniz’in ortasındaki batmaz uçak gemisi” diye anılırdı. İngiliz-Amerikan emperyalizmi ile Sovyet bloğunun tahtaravallisi, dünyanın en hassas çatışma/ denge noktalarından biriydi yeşil ada. Emperyalist güçlerin kendi oyunlarını Türkiye ve Yunanistan üzerinden kurdukları; o zamanlar iç içe yaşayan Rum
Oya Baydar – Derin Devletin Derin Kıbrıs’ı
Bir zamanlar Kıbrıs “Akdeniz’in ortasındaki batmaz uçak gemisi” diye anılırdı. İngiliz-Amerikan emperyalizmi ile Sovyet bloğunun tahtaravallisi, dünyanın en hassas çatışma/ denge noktalarından biriydi yeşil ada. Emperyalist güçlerin kendi oyunlarını Türkiye ve Yunanistan üzerinden kurdukları; o zamanlar iç içe yaşayan Rum
Apocalypse Never – The End of the World from Hakim Bey, T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism(With Apologies to 2012…) (via The Necromancer)
Communique #4 The End of the World The A.O.A.* declares itself officially bored with the End of the World. The canonical version has been used since 1945 to keep us cowering in fear of Mutual Assured Destruction & in snivelling
Apocalypse Never – The End of the World from Hakim Bey, T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism(With Apologies to 2012…) (via The Necromancer)
Communique #4 The End of the World The A.O.A.* declares itself officially bored with the End of the World. The canonical version has been used since 1945 to keep us cowering in fear of Mutual Assured Destruction & in snivelling
Zimmermann, ‘Basic Concepts of Transcendental Materialism’ [Updated] (via Speculative Heresy)
Yet another great recording from Backdoor Broadcasting Company – this time from Rainer E. Zimmermann on transcendental materialism. Blurb from Kingston University: Rainer Zimmermann is a philosopher, mathematician and physicist who currently holds the chair of professor of philosophy at
Zimmermann, ‘Basic Concepts of Transcendental Materialism’ [Updated] (via Speculative Heresy)
Yet another great recording from Backdoor Broadcasting Company – this time from Rainer E. Zimmermann on transcendental materialism. Blurb from Kingston University: Rainer Zimmermann is a philosopher, mathematician and physicist who currently holds the chair of professor of philosophy at
Activism in structuralism: Badiou’s Cartesianism and the dehumanised humanism of novelty (via Speculative Humbug)
Speculative Humbug isn't dead! I've been terribly distracted recently but I've finally decided to make time to write something new for the blog and this is it. Hope you find it interesting. Comments – especially critical ones – are very
Activism in structuralism: Badiou’s Cartesianism and the dehumanised humanism of novelty (via Speculative Humbug)
Speculative Humbug isn't dead! I've been terribly distracted recently but I've finally decided to make time to write something new for the blog and this is it. Hope you find it interesting. Comments – especially critical ones – are very
KIBRIS’TA ülke genelinde genel grev ve ‘toplumsal varoluş mitingi’ başladı. (via Timurca)
Kıbrıs’ta büyük miting KKTC’de hükümetin aldığı önlemlere karşılık İnönü Meydanı’nda saat 11:30’da sivil toplum örgütleri ve muhalefetin organize ettiği “Toplumsal Varoluş Mitingi” başladı. ntvmsnbc ve Ajanslar Güncelleme: 12:15 TSİ 28 Ocak. 2011 Cuma İSTANBUL – KKTC'de bazı sendikaların
KIBRIS’TA ülke genelinde genel grev ve ‘toplumsal varoluş mitingi’ başladı. (via Timurca)
Kıbrıs’ta büyük miting KKTC’de hükümetin aldığı önlemlere karşılık İnönü Meydanı’nda saat 11:30’da sivil toplum örgütleri ve muhalefetin organize ettiği “Toplumsal Varoluş Mitingi” başladı. ntvmsnbc ve Ajanslar Güncelleme: 12:15 TSİ 28 Ocak. 2011 Cuma İSTANBUL – KKTC'de bazı sendikaların
Lacan’s Unpublished Seminars (via Larval Subjects .)
Gallagher's translations of a number of Lacans unpublished seminars can be found for free here. Enjoy! … Read More via Larval Subjects .
Lacan’s Unpublished Seminars (via Larval Subjects .)
Gallagher's translations of a number of Lacans unpublished seminars can be found for free here. Enjoy! … Read More via Larval Subjects .
“Radical Thinkers: Judith Butler, Simon Critchley and Jacques Rancière on the importance of critical theory to social movements today.” (via PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR)
Via the Irish Left Review, here's audio from their 2009 event on the above topic. … Read More via PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR
“Radical Thinkers: Judith Butler, Simon Critchley and Jacques Rancière on the importance of critical theory to social movements today.” (via PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR)
Via the Irish Left Review, here's audio from their 2009 event on the above topic. … Read More via PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR
Hüseyin Edemir’in cezaevinden son mektubu (12 Ocak 2011) (via Hüseyin’e Özgürlük)
Merhaba “Nereden başlasam, nasıl anlatsam” diye düşünüyorum, bir cevap bulamıyorum. Hatta kendi kendime “Anlatsam ne olacak” diyorum. İşin kötüsü de bu. Çünkü bu “kapana kısılmış fare” psikolojisidir, çırpınsa ne olacak, acı içinde inleyip bağırsa ne değişecek! Söz konusu fare bensem
Hüseyin Edemir’in cezaevinden son mektubu (12 Ocak 2011) (via Hüseyin’e Özgürlük)
Merhaba “Nereden başlasam, nasıl anlatsam” diye düşünüyorum, bir cevap bulamıyorum. Hatta kendi kendime “Anlatsam ne olacak” diyorum. İşin kötüsü de bu. Çünkü bu “kapana kısılmış fare” psikolojisidir, çırpınsa ne olacak, acı içinde inleyip bağırsa ne değişecek! Söz konusu fare bensem
nihilizm meselesi (via Mutlak Töz)
Buradaki yazıların kimi önemli başlıklarında, özellikle insan doğası, siyasetin olanakları, bilginin geçerliliği ve toplumsal yapının anlamı üzerine olanlarda, farklı görüşlerden arkadaşların tepkisi yer yer söylemeye çalıştığım şeyin nihilizm olduğu; ya da sonuç olarak nihilizme vardığı/varacağı şeklindeydi. Nihilizm dendiğinde de bir
nihilizm meselesi (via Mutlak Töz)
Buradaki yazıların kimi önemli başlıklarında, özellikle insan doğası, siyasetin olanakları, bilginin geçerliliği ve toplumsal yapının anlamı üzerine olanlarda, farklı görüşlerden arkadaşların tepkisi yer yer söylemeye çalıştığım şeyin nihilizm olduğu; ya da sonuç olarak nihilizme vardığı/varacağı şeklindeydi. Nihilizm dendiğinde de bir
The Imprisoned Creators of Our Times
The recent developments in electronic music present us with a good example of how the inorganic has become, at least in sound, more organic than the organic. With the rapid development of sound-producing machines it has become possible to create
The Imprisoned Creators of Our Times
The recent developments in electronic music present us with a good example of how the inorganic has become, at least in sound, more organic than the organic. With the rapid development of sound-producing machines it has become possible to create
A Conversation Around Nietzsche Between a Stoic and a Sceptic
Sceptic: Nietzsche is one of those who do philosophy departing from a wound, from a deep-seated internal problem… The wound is internal to Nietzsche but the source of this wound is external, so you see, he is in-between. He attacks both
A Conversation Around Nietzsche Between a Stoic and a Sceptic
Sceptic: Nietzsche is one of those who do philosophy departing from a wound, from a deep-seated internal problem… The wound is internal to Nietzsche but the source of this wound is external, so you see, he is in-between. He attacks both
Peter Neilson, Secateurs, 2009 (via ANTHEM)
After my previous post on The Speculative Turn (which sounds like a runaway success, with downloaders having crashed the re.press website on Christmas day) I realised that it was almost criminal of me not to have mentioned the artist's name,
Peter Neilson, Secateurs, 2009 (via ANTHEM)
After my previous post on The Speculative Turn (which sounds like a runaway success, with downloaders having crashed the re.press website on Christmas day) I realised that it was almost criminal of me not to have mentioned the artist's name,
MANTIS 072 + T-POLAR (Breakstep/Dubstep/Future Garage/Techno)
Mantis Radio 072 + T-Polar by Darkfloor on Mixcloud DOWNLOAD STREAM iTUNES RSS hour 1 / DVNT Goblin – Suspiria [Cinevox Record] 65daysofstatic – Crash Tactics [Hassle Records] Mad EP – Brooklyn Freestyle [Marasm] forthcoming James Blake – Klavierwerks [R+S]
MANTIS 072 + T-POLAR (Breakstep/Dubstep/Future Garage/Techno)
Mantis Radio 072 + T-Polar by Darkfloor on Mixcloud DOWNLOAD STREAM iTUNES RSS hour 1 / DVNT Goblin – Suspiria [Cinevox Record] 65daysofstatic – Crash Tactics [Hassle Records] Mad EP – Brooklyn Freestyle [Marasm] forthcoming James Blake – Klavierwerks [R+S]
Üç Silahşörler ve Dr. Lawgiverz
Üst Düzey Bir Araştırma Komisyonu’nun ilk icraatı Dr. Lawgiverz’i bulup sistemin temellerini dinamitlemesini engellemek için yargıya havale etmek üzere üç siyasi polis memuru görevlendirmek olur. Üç farklı ülkeden seçilen ve kendi ülkelerinde işlerinin ehli olduklarını ispatlamış bu üç siyasi polisin
Üç Silahşörler ve Dr. Lawgiverz
Üst Düzey Bir Araştırma Komisyonu’nun ilk icraatı Dr. Lawgiverz’i bulup sistemin temellerini dinamitlemesini engellemek için yargıya havale etmek üzere üç siyasi polis memuru görevlendirmek olur. Üç farklı ülkeden seçilen ve kendi ülkelerinde işlerinin ehli olduklarını ispatlamış bu üç siyasi polisin
Birer Fantezi Makinesi Olarak Sinematik Aygıt, Beyin ve Psişe
İdeoloji bireylerin gerçek varoluş koşullarıyla kurdukları hayalî ilişkinin bir temsilidir.[1] İdeoloji maddi bir varoluşa sahiptir.[2]
Birer Fantezi Makinesi Olarak Sinematik Aygıt, Beyin ve Psişe
İdeoloji bireylerin gerçek varoluş koşullarıyla kurdukları hayalî ilişkinin bir temsilidir.[1] İdeoloji maddi bir varoluşa sahiptir.[2]
aç gözlerini (via Mutlak Töz)
aç gözlerini alejandro amenábar'ın 1997 tarihli filmi. gerçek ile gerçeklik arasındaki indirgenemez boşluk üzerine kurulu film, tekrar yapımı olan vanilla sky'dan gerilim düzeyi ve yalınkat konuya odaklanma biçimiyle ayrılıyor kanımca. her birimiz maske değil gerçek bir yüze sahip olmak istediğimizi
aç gözlerini (via Mutlak Töz)
aç gözlerini alejandro amenábar'ın 1997 tarihli filmi. gerçek ile gerçeklik arasındaki indirgenemez boşluk üzerine kurulu film, tekrar yapımı olan vanilla sky'dan gerilim düzeyi ve yalınkat konuya odaklanma biçimiyle ayrılıyor kanımca. her birimiz maske değil gerçek bir yüze sahip olmak istediğimizi
Day X: Kettled in Whitehall (via Total Assault On Culture)
via Total Assault On Culture
Rainbow Festival turns into war zone as migrants and nationalists clash – Cyprus Mail
By Jacqueline Agathocleous, Published on November 6, 2010 ONE MAN was stabbed and several police and members of the public were injured last night at the annual migrants’ Rainbow Festival in Larnaca when violent clashes broke out between nationalist protestors
Rainbow Festival turns into war zone as migrants and nationalists clash – Cyprus Mail
By Jacqueline Agathocleous, Published on November 6, 2010 ONE MAN was stabbed and several police and members of the public were injured last night at the annual migrants’ Rainbow Festival in Larnaca when violent clashes broke out between nationalist protestors
One Dimensional Woman by Nina Power (via The Blog of Disquiet)
My review of Nina Power’s One Dimensional Woman appeared in last weekend’s The Sunday Star. It’s an important, intelligently-argued book, and I highly recommend that the world reads it. Yes, the world. I’ve reproduced it in full here: For all
One Dimensional Woman by Nina Power (via The Blog of Disquiet)
My review of Nina Power’s One Dimensional Woman appeared in last weekend’s The Sunday Star. It’s an important, intelligently-argued book, and I highly recommend that the world reads it. Yes, the world. I’ve reproduced it in full here: For all
Notes Towards an Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis – 2
It was Melanie Klein who emphasized the importance of fantasies and playing in the process of development. In her Psychoanalysis of Children Klein brought to light that as humans we perpetually oscillate between paranoid-schizoid position and the depressive position throughout
Notes Towards an Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis – 2
It was Melanie Klein who emphasized the importance of fantasies and playing in the process of development. In her Psychoanalysis of Children Klein brought to light that as humans we perpetually oscillate between paranoid-schizoid position and the depressive position throughout
Henry Miller interview – Asleep and Awake (via ideologic)
via ideologic
Graham Harman’s finishing touches on the Meillassoux book (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
“Those who are already familiar with Meillassoux’s writings may prefer to start with the interview and then the excerpts from L’Inexistence divine, which is a much weirder book than you might expect. Who actually predicted Meillassoux would say that justice
Graham Harman’s finishing touches on the Meillassoux book (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
“Those who are already familiar with Meillassoux’s writings may prefer to start with the interview and then the excerpts from L’Inexistence divine, which is a much weirder book than you might expect. Who actually predicted Meillassoux would say that justice
Televizyon, Kapitalizm ve Panopticon
Felsefedeki iki önemli dönüm noktası Descartes ve Spinoza’nın eserlerinde çıkıyor karşımıza. Birbirlerinin tersi yönlerde ilerleyen bu dönümler şöyle: Descartes ruhun bedenden bağımsız, kendine yeterli ve bedenin ölümü halinde bile varlığını sürdürebilecek bir şey olduğunu söylüyordu. Oysa Spinoza buna şiddetle karşı
Televizyon, Kapitalizm ve Panopticon
Felsefedeki iki önemli dönüm noktası Descartes ve Spinoza’nın eserlerinde çıkıyor karşımıza. Birbirlerinin tersi yönlerde ilerleyen bu dönümler şöyle: Descartes ruhun bedenden bağımsız, kendine yeterli ve bedenin ölümü halinde bile varlığını sürdürebilecek bir şey olduğunu söylüyordu. Oysa Spinoza buna şiddetle karşı
the real mystery in Meillassoux (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
As I’m finishing up this book, I think the biggest mystery in Meillassoux (not the point I disagree with most, which is his defense of the strength of the correlationist argument) is why he has any concept of laws at
the real mystery in Meillassoux (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
As I’m finishing up this book, I think the biggest mystery in Meillassoux (not the point I disagree with most, which is his defense of the strength of the correlationist argument) is why he has any concept of laws at
Thinking the Absolute (via Larval Subjects.)
This is a ways off yet, but it should be a terrific event: Call for Papers: International Conference of the Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion Thinking the Absolute: Speculation, Philosophy and the End of Religion June 29th – July
Thinking the Absolute (via Larval Subjects.)
This is a ways off yet, but it should be a terrific event: Call for Papers: International Conference of the Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion Thinking the Absolute: Speculation, Philosophy and the End of Religion June 29th – July
Fractals and Time, PART III: Unfolding, Timeless Time, and Holography (via Networkologies)
What follows is Part III of a series on Fractals and Time. Part I is here, and Part II is here. Unfolding. Building on the work of Laurent Nottale, Susie Vrobel, and Roger Penrose, theorist Keri Welch has recently proposed
Fractals and Time, PART III: Unfolding, Timeless Time, and Holography (via Networkologies)
What follows is Part III of a series on Fractals and Time. Part I is here, and Part II is here. Unfolding. Building on the work of Laurent Nottale, Susie Vrobel, and Roger Penrose, theorist Keri Welch has recently proposed
Plato’s Parmenides: Forms, One, and Many (via Metaphysic’s Advocate)
The forms being one of the biggest parts of Plato’s philosophy were largely introduced in the Parmenides dialogue between Socrates, Zeno, and old Parmenides. These forms are important metaphysical definitions to proceeding philosophy beyond Plato, and understanding what the forms
Plato’s Parmenides: Forms, One, and Many (via Metaphysic’s Advocate)
The forms being one of the biggest parts of Plato’s philosophy were largely introduced in the Parmenides dialogue between Socrates, Zeno, and old Parmenides. These forms are important metaphysical definitions to proceeding philosophy beyond Plato, and understanding what the forms
Two Dimensions of Time: Proper and Remembered
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Alain Badiou on Plato (via All that is Solid for Glenn Rikowski)
Alain Badiou, on his recent translation of Plato’s Republic October 12th, 7:00pm Room 102, 19 University Place, NY NY 100 03 New French Philosophy: http://cultureandcommunication.org/newfrenchphilosophy/ An event in the series “New French Philosophy” sponsored by the NYU Humanities Initiative and
Alain Badiou on Plato (via All that is Solid for Glenn Rikowski)
Alain Badiou, on his recent translation of Plato’s Republic October 12th, 7:00pm Room 102, 19 University Place, NY NY 100 03 New French Philosophy: http://cultureandcommunication.org/newfrenchphilosophy/ An event in the series “New French Philosophy” sponsored by the NYU Humanities Initiative and
Why Deleuze (still) matters: States, war-machines and radical transformation
By Andrew Robinson The usefulness of Deleuzian theory for social transformation will vary with the selection of which conceptual contributions one chooses to appropriate. Studying Deleuzian theory is complicated by characteristics of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical method. In What is
Why Deleuze (still) matters: States, war-machines and radical transformation
By Andrew Robinson The usefulness of Deleuzian theory for social transformation will vary with the selection of which conceptual contributions one chooses to appropriate. Studying Deleuzian theory is complicated by characteristics of Deleuze and Guattari’s philosophical method. In What is
Mark Fisher: The Interview
INTRODUCTION by Alex Andrews Mark Fisher’s book ‘Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?’ is a persuasive diagnosis of contemporary society, an analysis of its political impasses and a call for fresh organization and thought. Capitalist Realism for Fisher describes the
Mark Fisher: The Interview
INTRODUCTION by Alex Andrews Mark Fisher’s book ‘Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?’ is a persuasive diagnosis of contemporary society, an analysis of its political impasses and a call for fresh organization and thought. Capitalist Realism for Fisher describes the
Interview Links (via Spring 2010: Speculative Realism)
Thrown in random order: Ian Bogost Jane Bennett Graham Harman Levi Bryant Paul Ennis via Spring 2010: Speculative Realism Related Articles Speculations I (bogost.com) Website Updates (bogost.com) Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin debate science fiction vs. “realism” [Books]
Interview Links (via Spring 2010: Speculative Realism)
Thrown in random order: Ian Bogost Jane Bennett Graham Harman Levi Bryant Paul Ennis via Spring 2010: Speculative Realism Related Articles Speculations I (bogost.com) Website Updates (bogost.com) Margaret Atwood and Ursula K. Le Guin debate science fiction vs. “realism” [Books]
Brassier: Capital and the Incompressible (via Total Assault On Culture)
Here is my exegesis of Ray Brassier‘s compelling conjectural reversal that moves from thinking Capital to the bold conclusion that Capital thinks. In his text ‘Nihil Unbound: Remarks on Subtractive Ontology and Thinking Capital’ he grapples with how it might
Brassier: Capital and the Incompressible (via Total Assault On Culture)
Here is my exegesis of Ray Brassier‘s compelling conjectural reversal that moves from thinking Capital to the bold conclusion that Capital thinks. In his text ‘Nihil Unbound: Remarks on Subtractive Ontology and Thinking Capital’ he grapples with how it might
Contingency, Necessity and the Final Absolute: (via Total Assault On Culture)
Expanding on my summary of Ray Brassier‘s Remarks on Subtractive Ontology and Thinking Capital here are some further related observations on aleatory rationalism, drawing on Elie Ayache’s account of how the option ‘science’ of the derivatives trading comes to hypostasize
Contingency, Necessity and the Final Absolute: (via Total Assault On Culture)
Expanding on my summary of Ray Brassier‘s Remarks on Subtractive Ontology and Thinking Capital here are some further related observations on aleatory rationalism, drawing on Elie Ayache’s account of how the option ‘science’ of the derivatives trading comes to hypostasize
Presocratics in review (via Indecent Bazaar)
Heraclitus is known in antiquity as “the obscure” and is famous for playing with paradoxes in his writings. His work survives now only as a collection of short fragments, but from what we have it is clear that he was
Presocratics in review (via Indecent Bazaar)
Heraclitus is known in antiquity as “the obscure” and is famous for playing with paradoxes in his writings. His work survives now only as a collection of short fragments, but from what we have it is clear that he was
Life beyond life (via Complete Lies.)
dead and alienated lawgiverz Both Levi and Ben have written more on vitalism. Who knew it was such a hot topic? It is comforting to actually have these discussions with people I read and like and not with some weirdo
Life beyond life (via Complete Lies.)
dead and alienated lawgiverz Both Levi and Ben have written more on vitalism. Who knew it was such a hot topic? It is comforting to actually have these discussions with people I read and like and not with some weirdo
Vital Decay (via Naught Thought)
Reza has a wonderul discussion of decay in relation to space and triadic formulation of time. One sentence in particular stuck out to me: “vital time introduces nightmares of the cosmic time into the phenomena of life.” In a sense
Vital Decay (via Naught Thought)
Reza has a wonderul discussion of decay in relation to space and triadic formulation of time. One sentence in particular stuck out to me: “vital time introduces nightmares of the cosmic time into the phenomena of life.” In a sense
Accelerationism: Ray Brassier (via moskvax)
Transcribed from the Backdoor Broadcasting Company recording. Ray Brassier: I’m going to be talking about Nick Land’s work. I’m going to talk about it philosophically, and explain why, because I think that’s a key to understanding what its political ramifications
Accelerationism: Ray Brassier (via moskvax)
Transcribed from the Backdoor Broadcasting Company recording. Ray Brassier: I’m going to be talking about Nick Land’s work. I’m going to talk about it philosophically, and explain why, because I think that’s a key to understanding what its political ramifications
Accelerationism: Questions After Session 1, Mark Fisher and Ray Brassier (via moskvax)
Transcribed from the Backdoor Broadcasting Company recording. Alberto Toscano: I’m wondering if either of you actually think Land has a theory of capitalism. It seems to me simply an aesthetics, a very common extrapolation from a certain lyrical vision of
Accelerationism: Questions After Session 1, Mark Fisher and Ray Brassier (via moskvax)
Transcribed from the Backdoor Broadcasting Company recording. Alberto Toscano: I’m wondering if either of you actually think Land has a theory of capitalism. It seems to me simply an aesthetics, a very common extrapolation from a certain lyrical vision of
The Weirdness of Aristotle (via Larval Subjects .)
Aristotle’s weirdness is not a mark against him, but rather an indication of his greatness as a philosopher. However, things do not start out being weird. Every science investigates a specific object distinguished by the properties unique to that object.
The Weirdness of Aristotle (via Larval Subjects .)
Aristotle’s weirdness is not a mark against him, but rather an indication of his greatness as a philosopher. However, things do not start out being weird. Every science investigates a specific object distinguished by the properties unique to that object.
Society and Space issue 5 (via Progressive Geographies)
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space volume 28 issue 5 has now been published online and is available here. Among other pieces, it includes essays by Gary Okihiro, Nicola Ansell, Graham Harman and Trevor Paglen. via Progressive Geographies
Society and Space issue 5 (via Progressive Geographies)
Environment and Planning D: Society and Space volume 28 issue 5 has now been published online and is available here. Among other pieces, it includes essays by Gary Okihiro, Nicola Ansell, Graham Harman and Trevor Paglen. via Progressive Geographies
Why Realists Should (Probably) Be Rationalists Too (via Speculative Heresy)
Today's entry in the Science and Metaphysics event comes from James Trafford, who has published on Metzinger in Collapse, and is currently working on a book about what he calls 'revisionary naturalism'. James Trafford, Why Realists Should (Probably) Be Rationalists
Why Realists Should (Probably) Be Rationalists Too (via Speculative Heresy)
Today's entry in the Science and Metaphysics event comes from James Trafford, who has published on Metzinger in Collapse, and is currently working on a book about what he calls 'revisionary naturalism'. James Trafford, Why Realists Should (Probably) Be Rationalists
New Translation of Laruelle’s ‘Biography of the Eye’ (via Fractal Ontology)
Biography of the Eye by François Laruelle Originally published as “Biographie de l’oeil,” La Decision philosophique 9 (1989): 93-104. for Adolfo Fernandez Zoila “Man is this night, this empty nothingness that contains everything in its undivided simplicity…he is this
New Translation of Laruelle’s ‘Biography of the Eye’ (via Fractal Ontology)
Biography of the Eye by François Laruelle Originally published as “Biographie de l’oeil,” La Decision philosophique 9 (1989): 93-104. for Adolfo Fernandez Zoila “Man is this night, this empty nothingness that contains everything in its undivided simplicity…he is this
Cengiz Erdem
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