Category Archives: Philosophy
Is Everyman an Island?
Islands are either from before or after humankind.[1] ~ Gilles Deleuze William Golding’s Lord of The Flies is an allegory of the death-drive inherent in human nature. It is a reversal of Ballantyne’s The Coral Island. In direct opposition to The Coral Island in which three
Is Everyman an Island?
Islands are either from before or after humankind.[1] ~ Gilles Deleuze William Golding’s Lord of The Flies is an allegory of the death-drive inherent in human nature. It is a reversal of Ballantyne’s The Coral Island. In direct opposition to The Coral Island in which three
What is called Loving? Where does Love come from?
We know so little about one another. We embrace a shadow and love a dream. ~ Söderberg If you’re trapped in the dream of the Other, you’re fucked. ~ Deleuze I’ve actually written two synchronous pieces on this matter, both of which
What is called Loving? Where does Love come from?
We know so little about one another. We embrace a shadow and love a dream. ~ Söderberg If you’re trapped in the dream of the Other, you’re fucked. ~ Deleuze I’ve actually written two synchronous pieces on this matter, both of which
Trauma and the Immanence of Eternity
In my previous post I’ve attempted to trace, clarify and briefly define certain positions and oppositions within the philosophical field today. It is my conviction that at the root of philosophical enquiry lies a series of dialectical relationships between affirmation
Trauma and the Immanence of Eternity
In my previous post I’ve attempted to trace, clarify and briefly define certain positions and oppositions within the philosophical field today. It is my conviction that at the root of philosophical enquiry lies a series of dialectical relationships between affirmation
Melancholia and the Cartesian Subject
In his lecture On Melancholy, Zizek claims that melancholia occurs not when we lose the object, but rather when the object is still here but we no longer desire it. According to Zizek melancholia as Freud defines it in Mourning
Melancholia and the Cartesian Subject
In his lecture On Melancholy, Zizek claims that melancholia occurs not when we lose the object, but rather when the object is still here but we no longer desire it. According to Zizek melancholia as Freud defines it in Mourning
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a film from 2004 directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, in which Chaos Theory is applied to history and psychoanalysis. According to Chaos Theory an event which seems to be very insignificant in a
The Butterfly Effect
The Butterfly Effect is a film from 2004 directed by Eric Bress and J. Mackye Gruber, in which Chaos Theory is applied to history and psychoanalysis. According to Chaos Theory an event which seems to be very insignificant in a
On Civilised Progress and Barbaric Regress
One simply cannot conceal from oneself what all the willing that has received its direction from the ascetic ideal actually expresses: this hatred of the human, still more of the animal, still more of the material, this abhorrence of the
On Civilised Progress and Barbaric Regress
One simply cannot conceal from oneself what all the willing that has received its direction from the ascetic ideal actually expresses: this hatred of the human, still more of the animal, still more of the material, this abhorrence of the
The Place of the Real and the Vocation of the Artist, Philosopher, and Theorist (via Larval Subjects.)
A wonderful presentation of the creative subject in relation to art, philosophy, and theory from Levi Bryant… It is shameful whenever the philosopher, theorist, or artist bow to the exigencies of the “pragmatic”. When I evoke pragmatism here I am
The Place of the Real and the Vocation of the Artist, Philosopher, and Theorist (via Larval Subjects.)
A wonderful presentation of the creative subject in relation to art, philosophy, and theory from Levi Bryant… It is shameful whenever the philosopher, theorist, or artist bow to the exigencies of the “pragmatic”. When I evoke pragmatism here I am
Slavoj Žižek – Shoplifters of the World Unite
Zizek weighs in heavily on the meaning of the riots… Repetition, according to Hegel, plays a crucial role in history: when something happens just once, it may be dismissed as an accident, something that might have been avoided if the
Slavoj Žižek – Shoplifters of the World Unite
Zizek weighs in heavily on the meaning of the riots… Repetition, according to Hegel, plays a crucial role in history: when something happens just once, it may be dismissed as an accident, something that might have been avoided if the
Clayton Crockett on the Deleuze/Badiou debate–Philosophy in the 21st Century (via Objet petit a)
Introduction: by Creston Davis The greatest living French philosopher, Alain Badiou, passionately articulates one of the most striking claims made in philosophy today.[1] This claim is as simple as it is radical: Truth happens in a material event that fundamentally
Clayton Crockett on the Deleuze/Badiou debate–Philosophy in the 21st Century (via Objet petit a)
Introduction: by Creston Davis The greatest living French philosopher, Alain Badiou, passionately articulates one of the most striking claims made in philosophy today.[1] This claim is as simple as it is radical: Truth happens in a material event that fundamentally
Deterritorialization (via Larval Subjects.)
For many years I’ve been fascinated with Deleuze and Guattari‘s triad of deterritorialization, reterritorialization, and territory. Truth be told, when I first encountered these concepts I was repulsed. I found the language to be trendy and understood “deterritorialization” to refer
Deterritorialization (via Larval Subjects.)
For many years I’ve been fascinated with Deleuze and Guattari‘s triad of deterritorialization, reterritorialization, and territory. Truth be told, when I first encountered these concepts I was repulsed. I found the language to be trendy and understood “deterritorialization” to refer
to have done with life (Audio)
vitalism and antivitalism in contemporary philosophy _ zagreb, june 17-19, 2011 * right-click talk-title to download or left-click to stream the mp3-file _ Conference introduction [Petar Milat & Nathan Brown, 15min] _ ***** _ Jason Smith “Parallel Lives: Form-of-Life, Living
to have done with life (Audio)
vitalism and antivitalism in contemporary philosophy _ zagreb, june 17-19, 2011 * right-click talk-title to download or left-click to stream the mp3-file _ Conference introduction [Petar Milat & Nathan Brown, 15min] _ ***** _ Jason Smith “Parallel Lives: Form-of-Life, Living
That’s Weird (Hypertiling Fabio on Miéville, Lovecraft, and Meillassoux)
Yesterday I’ve listened to the recording of China Miéville‘s talk at Kingston University on ‘The Weird’ in fiction and politics (by the way, I’m not sure who runs the Backdoor Broadcasting Company, but they have my deepest respect for what
That’s Weird (Hypertiling Fabio on Miéville, Lovecraft, and Meillassoux)
Yesterday I’ve listened to the recording of China Miéville‘s talk at Kingston University on ‘The Weird’ in fiction and politics (by the way, I’m not sure who runs the Backdoor Broadcasting Company, but they have my deepest respect for what
Transcendental Realism (Audio via Deontologistics)
Greetings to all. It’s a bit late for an update, but, as others have already noted (here and here), the Transcendental Realism Workshop that happened last week went very well. I was most pleased with the way the various papers
Transcendental Realism (Audio via Deontologistics)
Greetings to all. It’s a bit late for an update, but, as others have already noted (here and here), the Transcendental Realism Workshop that happened last week went very well. I was most pleased with the way the various papers
Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations from Dr. Lawgiverz (3)
If you were to ask me at gunpoint, like Hollywood producers who are too stupid to read books and say, “give me the punchline,” and were to demand, “Three sentences. What are you really trying to do?” I would
Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations from Dr. Lawgiverz (3)
If you were to ask me at gunpoint, like Hollywood producers who are too stupid to read books and say, “give me the punchline,” and were to demand, “Three sentences. What are you really trying to do?” I would
Speculations II as a PDF (via Public Praxis)
Download Speculations II as a PDF. Articles Tractatus Mathematico-Politicus – Christopher Norris The Philosopher, the Sophist, the Undercurrent and Alain Badiou – Marianna Papastefanou On the Reality and Construction of Hyperobjects with reference to Class – Levi Bryant Structure, Sense,
Speculations II as a PDF (via Public Praxis)
Download Speculations II as a PDF. Articles Tractatus Mathematico-Politicus – Christopher Norris The Philosopher, the Sophist, the Undercurrent and Alain Badiou – Marianna Papastefanou On the Reality and Construction of Hyperobjects with reference to Class – Levi Bryant Structure, Sense,
Giorgio Agamben – What is a Commandment? (Audio)
Event Date: 28 March 2011 Clattern Lecture Theatre, Main Building Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston University The Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) presents Giorgio Agamben (Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University of Paris) What is a Commandment? Giorgio Agamben
Giorgio Agamben – What is a Commandment? (Audio)
Event Date: 28 March 2011 Clattern Lecture Theatre, Main Building Penrhyn Road campus, Kingston University The Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) presents Giorgio Agamben (Visiting Professor, Philosophy, University of Paris) What is a Commandment? Giorgio Agamben
Becoming self-consciousness « Indecent Bazaar
Only out of distress or disharmony can the soul create. Indeed, this is in strong resonance with a previous post, Thinking the uncommon, in which I signalled, invoking Erdem’s treatment of Melanie Klein, that uncommon, novel creative thought emerges out
Becoming self-consciousness « Indecent Bazaar
Only out of distress or disharmony can the soul create. Indeed, this is in strong resonance with a previous post, Thinking the uncommon, in which I signalled, invoking Erdem’s treatment of Melanie Klein, that uncommon, novel creative thought emerges out
Black Swan: How do you make yourself a body without organs? (via Indecent Bazaar)
I have always been peculiarly baffled by the co-authored article of Deleuze and Guattari, “How do you make yourself a body without organs?”. For those unfamiliar with the work, it is severely masochistic. Merely sampling a short passage immediately gives
Black Swan: How do you make yourself a body without organs? (via Indecent Bazaar)
I have always been peculiarly baffled by the co-authored article of Deleuze and Guattari, “How do you make yourself a body without organs?”. For those unfamiliar with the work, it is severely masochistic. Merely sampling a short passage immediately gives
Thinking the uncommon (via Indecent Bazaar)
In one of the most interesting post I have encountered recently in the blogosphere–Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis and Derridean Deconstruction–Cengiz Erdem argues that the common things of everyday existence are produced out of the depressive position or abnormalities. As the author comments,
Thinking the uncommon (via Indecent Bazaar)
In one of the most interesting post I have encountered recently in the blogosphere–Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis and Derridean Deconstruction–Cengiz Erdem argues that the common things of everyday existence are produced out of the depressive position or abnormalities. As the author comments,
Graham Harman interviewed (via Dialogica Fantastica)
Intro: We welcome Graham Harman of the American University of Cairo, the most well known protagonist of ‘Object Oriented Philosophy’ – a system of thought which takes ‘things’ to be central to existence, and which classes humans as just one
Graham Harman interviewed (via Dialogica Fantastica)
Intro: We welcome Graham Harman of the American University of Cairo, the most well known protagonist of ‘Object Oriented Philosophy’ – a system of thought which takes ‘things’ to be central to existence, and which classes humans as just one
Ray Brassier interviewed by Marcin Rychter: “I am a nihilist because I still believe in truth.”
KRONOS: ‘Nihilism‘ is one of the most ambiguous philosophical concepts. What is your idea of it? Would you consider yourself a nihilist? Does nihilism totally exclude religion? What about Meillassoux’s nihilistic faith fuelled by the inexistence of God? RB: Very
Ray Brassier interviewed by Marcin Rychter: “I am a nihilist because I still believe in truth.”
KRONOS: ‘Nihilism‘ is one of the most ambiguous philosophical concepts. What is your idea of it? Would you consider yourself a nihilist? Does nihilism totally exclude religion? What about Meillassoux’s nihilistic faith fuelled by the inexistence of God? RB: Very
Cinema and Fetishism, or, The Commercial Value of Shit
Even shit has a commercial value, depending of course, on whose shit it is. While in the case of human shit you have to pay to get rid of it, in the case of animal shit it is said to
Cinema and Fetishism, or, The Commercial Value of Shit
Even shit has a commercial value, depending of course, on whose shit it is. While in the case of human shit you have to pay to get rid of it, in the case of animal shit it is said to
A Pineal Eye Soliloquy, or, The Critique of Surrealism Continued
Image via Wikipedia Mimicry is a definitive word for the operations of Surrealist aesthetics and it enters the scene through the Surrealist publication Minotaure. Roger Caillois defines mimicry as the activity through which the eye becomes a camera reproducing itself
A Pineal Eye Soliloquy, or, The Critique of Surrealism Continued
Image via Wikipedia Mimicry is a definitive word for the operations of Surrealist aesthetics and it enters the scene through the Surrealist publication Minotaure. Roger Caillois defines mimicry as the activity through which the eye becomes a camera reproducing itself
Daniel Levitin presenting some musical Speculative Realism! (via Conatus)
Well, not exactly. But there is plenty of anti-correlationism and anti-anthropocentrism going down in this passage from Daniel Levitin's pretty good book This Is Your Brain On Music (Because I don't really do philosophy anymore the following will probably be quite
Daniel Levitin presenting some musical Speculative Realism! (via Conatus)
Well, not exactly. But there is plenty of anti-correlationism and anti-anthropocentrism going down in this passage from Daniel Levitin's pretty good book This Is Your Brain On Music (Because I don't really do philosophy anymore the following will probably be quite
S.C. Hickman on J.G. Ballard: Icarus and the Dying Fall into Nothingness
“For Bataille, the reason why people see the foot as inferior to the head is their habit of attributing a higher status to the vertical forms of thought. Man should fall on his four legs, otherwise he will never be
S.C. Hickman on J.G. Ballard: Icarus and the Dying Fall into Nothingness
“For Bataille, the reason why people see the foot as inferior to the head is their habit of attributing a higher status to the vertical forms of thought. Man should fall on his four legs, otherwise he will never be
Bataille and the Surrealists: Is Pineal Eye an Organ Without a Body?
The pineal eye is not the organ that turns two different perspectives into one. It rather attempts to turn the reality inside out so that the objects, instead of becoming visible through reflecting light, themselves overflow their objectivities and generate light. The
Bataille and the Surrealists: Is Pineal Eye an Organ Without a Body?
The pineal eye is not the organ that turns two different perspectives into one. It rather attempts to turn the reality inside out so that the objects, instead of becoming visible through reflecting light, themselves overflow their objectivities and generate light. The
S.C. Hickman aka Dark Chemistry on The Nietzschean Subject; or, the Prison-House of Delirium
“In a world full of violence, destruction and death, or “madness in every direction,” as Kerouac would have said, the subject becomes nothing but a projector of the evil within society.” – Cengiz Erdem The Nihil Solipsist: a being that knows neither its own
S.C. Hickman aka Dark Chemistry on The Nietzschean Subject; or, the Prison-House of Delirium
“In a world full of violence, destruction and death, or “madness in every direction,” as Kerouac would have said, the subject becomes nothing but a projector of the evil within society.” – Cengiz Erdem The Nihil Solipsist: a being that knows neither its own
Barbaric Regress and Civilised Progress contra Deconstruction and Affirmative Recreation
There are many forms in which the death drive manifests itself. These vary from melancholia to aggression, from self-destruction to paranoia. What is common to all these forms of appearance is a kind of revolt against having been born. The
Barbaric Regress and Civilised Progress contra Deconstruction and Affirmative Recreation
There are many forms in which the death drive manifests itself. These vary from melancholia to aggression, from self-destruction to paranoia. What is common to all these forms of appearance is a kind of revolt against having been born. The
The Nietzschean Subject
Nietzsche creates the concept of bad conscience as the generator of illness, which is in turn fed by the illness it generates, giving birth to the man of ressentiment.[1] Nietzsche’s ressentiment is what Melanie Klein calls envy. To be able
The Nietzschean Subject
Nietzsche creates the concept of bad conscience as the generator of illness, which is in turn fed by the illness it generates, giving birth to the man of ressentiment.[1] Nietzsche’s ressentiment is what Melanie Klein calls envy. To be able
The Cont®act
The word cont(r)act in the title means two things at the same time. The first one is counter-act and the second one is implosion. When these two meanings intersect we get a contact without a contract. In this new form
The Cont®act
The word cont(r)act in the title means two things at the same time. The first one is counter-act and the second one is implosion. When these two meanings intersect we get a contact without a contract. In this new form
Excision Ethos: Flat Ontology and the Posthuman Object/Subject (via Dark Chemistry)
“Transhumanism for me is like a relationship with an obsessive and very neurotic lover. Knowing it is deeply flawed, I have tried several times to break off my engagement, but each time, it manages to creep in through the back
Excision Ethos: Flat Ontology and the Posthuman Object/Subject (via Dark Chemistry)
“Transhumanism for me is like a relationship with an obsessive and very neurotic lover. Knowing it is deeply flawed, I have tried several times to break off my engagement, but each time, it manages to creep in through the back
FANGED NOUMENA: COLLECTED WRITINGS 1987-2007 Nick Land
FANGED NOUMENA: COLLECTED WRITINGS 1987-2007 Nick Land Forthcoming March 2011 Edited and with an Introduction by Ray Brassier and Robin Mackay Paperback 115x175mm, 560pp. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies ISBN 978-0-9553087-8-9 ADVANCE ORDER ONLINE The magnitude of Nick
FANGED NOUMENA: COLLECTED WRITINGS 1987-2007 Nick Land
FANGED NOUMENA: COLLECTED WRITINGS 1987-2007 Nick Land Forthcoming March 2011 Edited and with an Introduction by Ray Brassier and Robin Mackay Paperback 115x175mm, 560pp. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies ISBN 978-0-9553087-8-9 ADVANCE ORDER ONLINE The magnitude of Nick
the accursed share: Zizek and Materialism
“Adrian Johnston’s newest book, Zizek’s Ontology, is an impressive attempt at systematizing Zizek’s notoriously hyperactive writing style. Focused on developing a “transcendental materialist theory of subjectivity” – i.e. an ontology capable of accounting for how subjectivity can emerge from an
the accursed share: Zizek and Materialism
“Adrian Johnston’s newest book, Zizek’s Ontology, is an impressive attempt at systematizing Zizek’s notoriously hyperactive writing style. Focused on developing a “transcendental materialist theory of subjectivity” – i.e. an ontology capable of accounting for how subjectivity can emerge from an
S.C. Hickman on The Immortal Subject Beyond the Life Death Drives
“The creature called human can cease being a passive non-being and become an active being only insofar as it produces love against the negative power of the already existing capitalist law. As we all know, the laws’ negative impositions give
S.C. Hickman on The Immortal Subject Beyond the Life Death Drives
“The creature called human can cease being a passive non-being and become an active being only insofar as it produces love against the negative power of the already existing capitalist law. As we all know, the laws’ negative impositions give
The Immortal Subject Beyond The Life Death Drives
The Immortal Subject Beyond The Life Drive In our daily lives we create little worlds of our own and invest them with various meanings. These worlds have their own logics, orders repetitively staged every day; this gives us a sense
The Immortal Subject Beyond The Life Death Drives
The Immortal Subject Beyond The Life Drive In our daily lives we create little worlds of our own and invest them with various meanings. These worlds have their own logics, orders repetitively staged every day; this gives us a sense
Dark Chemistry on The Life Death Drives
Here is S.C. Hickman aka Dark Chemistry’s rather generous and no less rigorous reading of my doctoral dissertation The Life Death Drives… “Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there
Dark Chemistry on The Life Death Drives
Here is S.C. Hickman aka Dark Chemistry’s rather generous and no less rigorous reading of my doctoral dissertation The Life Death Drives… “Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there
Dr Meillassoux, Or How I Learned To Kill An Unconscious God (via Psychoanalysis and Speculative Realism)
There is something fitting about the fact that this post is being written in an internet cafe (a couple of hours before I hit the cinema), with a sense of urgency which – although I've always viewed it as essential
Dr Meillassoux, Or How I Learned To Kill An Unconscious God (via Psychoanalysis and Speculative Realism)
There is something fitting about the fact that this post is being written in an internet cafe (a couple of hours before I hit the cinema), with a sense of urgency which – although I've always viewed it as essential
Zachary Luke Fraser’s draft translation of the first chapter of Alain Badiou’s Of Ideology
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Zachary Luke Fraser’s draft translation of the first chapter of Alain Badiou’s Of Ideology
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Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis and Derridean Deconstruction (#Derridagate)
According to Melanie Klein we all oscillate between the paranoid-schizoid position and the depressive position throughout our lives. This means that none is normal since the world is a place in which all kinds of abnormalities take place all the
Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis and Derridean Deconstruction (#Derridagate)
According to Melanie Klein we all oscillate between the paranoid-schizoid position and the depressive position throughout our lives. This means that none is normal since the world is a place in which all kinds of abnormalities take place all the
Graham Harman: The Object Smasher; or, the rhetorics of rubble (via Dark Chemistry)
Here is another nice post from Dark Chemistry on Graham Harman as smasher of objects, which he opens with a fine quote from one of my articles on Artaud, Deleuze, will to nothingness and literature. life span of a full moon.
Graham Harman: The Object Smasher; or, the rhetorics of rubble (via Dark Chemistry)
Here is another nice post from Dark Chemistry on Graham Harman as smasher of objects, which he opens with a fine quote from one of my articles on Artaud, Deleuze, will to nothingness and literature. life span of a full moon.
Dark Chemistry > Alien Manifesto: The Interrogation of the Real – Speculations on Realism and Materialism (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
What we witness in this time is Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World turning into Rave New World. A world in which the well known and the so called lines between mind and body, fantasy and reality, nature and culture, organic
Dark Chemistry > Alien Manifesto: The Interrogation of the Real – Speculations on Realism and Materialism (via Object-Oriented Philosophy)
What we witness in this time is Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World turning into Rave New World. A world in which the well known and the so called lines between mind and body, fantasy and reality, nature and culture, organic
“Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, who says this saying it’s me?” (Beckett – 2)
Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, who says this saying it’s me? Answer simply. It’s the same old stranger as ever,
“Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, who says this saying it’s me?” (Beckett – 2)
Where would I go, if I could go, who would I be, if I could be, what would I say, if I had a voice, who says this saying it’s me? Answer simply. It’s the same old stranger as ever,
Krapp’s Last Tape (Beckett – 1)
It is a characteristic of Beckett’s plays to give the impression that there is nothing outside the stage. In Beckett’s plays God is never allowed to die altogether, but rather God is made to be felt by the audience as
Krapp’s Last Tape (Beckett – 1)
It is a characteristic of Beckett’s plays to give the impression that there is nothing outside the stage. In Beckett’s plays God is never allowed to die altogether, but rather God is made to be felt by the audience as
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
Some Remarks About Fantasy (via Larval Subjects .)
“With respect to this Other, depending on this Other, the subject is inscribed as a quotient, he is marked by the unary trait of the signifier in the field of the Other. Well, it is not for all that, as
Some Remarks About Fantasy (via Larval Subjects .)
“With respect to this Other, depending on this Other, the subject is inscribed as a quotient, he is marked by the unary trait of the signifier in the field of the Other. Well, it is not for all that, as
The Unhappy Consciousness, or, Stoics and Sceptics locked in Klein’s projection-introjection mechanism
In Phenomenology of Spirit Hegel attempts to write a mythology of creation and a creation of mythology in one simultaneous movement in two opposite directions at once. Intimately implicating the process of creation in error and misrecognition, Phenomenology of Spirit
The Unhappy Consciousness, or, Stoics and Sceptics locked in Klein’s projection-introjection mechanism
In Phenomenology of Spirit Hegel attempts to write a mythology of creation and a creation of mythology in one simultaneous movement in two opposite directions at once. Intimately implicating the process of creation in error and misrecognition, Phenomenology of Spirit
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
The ir-re.press-ible speculative turn (via ANTHEM)
re.press has just released The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism, edited by Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman. It's a 430-page compendium of the speculative realism movement and its associates, downloadable as a free PDF and also available
The ir-re.press-ible speculative turn (via ANTHEM)
re.press has just released The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism, edited by Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman. It's a 430-page compendium of the speculative realism movement and its associates, downloadable as a free PDF and also available
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,
The Significance of Gerald Edelman’s Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience proposes that the quality of an external object is always already projected onto that object by the neuronal activity of the brain. What cognitive neuroscience lacks is a historical context, likewise what cultural studies lacks is an organic basis. An interaction
The Significance of Gerald Edelman’s Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive neuroscience proposes that the quality of an external object is always already projected onto that object by the neuronal activity of the brain. What cognitive neuroscience lacks is a historical context, likewise what cultural studies lacks is an organic basis. An interaction
Cengiz Erdem
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