Category Archives: Speculative Realism
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 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
Speculative Realism/OOO Workshop (Cyprus, 2012)
Apropos the recent call for panel participants our proposal has been accepted for The 13th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas. The SR/OOO panel will be included under Section V: Religion, Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology,
Speculative Realism/OOO Workshop (Cyprus, 2012)
Apropos the recent call for panel participants our proposal has been accepted for The 13th International Conference of the International Society for the Study of European Ideas. The SR/OOO panel will be included under Section V: Religion, Philosophy, Anthropology, Psychology,
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
The Weird: a discussion of fiction and politics with China Miéville
Event Date: 2 March 2011 Kingston University JG0002, John Galsworthy Building Penrhyn Road Campus Kingston KT1 2EE At the start of the twentieth century, H. P . Lovecraft summed up the encounter between horror and strangeness as ‘pictures of shattered
The Weird: a discussion of fiction and politics with China Miéville
Event Date: 2 March 2011 Kingston University JG0002, John Galsworthy Building Penrhyn Road Campus Kingston KT1 2EE At the start of the twentieth century, H. P . Lovecraft summed up the encounter between horror and strangeness as ‘pictures of shattered
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,
Laruellian/Lacanian Clones (via Naught Thought)
Of the various terms that Francois Laruelle utilizes in his non-philosophy, none is odder than cloning. Non-philosophical cloning is the performative method by which and from which, the stranger (or alien-subject) utilizes the transcendental material which comprises the world in
Laruellian/Lacanian Clones (via Naught Thought)
Of the various terms that Francois Laruelle utilizes in his non-philosophy, none is odder than cloning. Non-philosophical cloning is the performative method by which and from which, the stranger (or alien-subject) utilizes the transcendental material which comprises the world in
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
Speculations II: Table of Contents Ready (via Hyper tiling)
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, and Territory – Michael Austin The
Speculations II: Table of Contents Ready (via Hyper tiling)
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, and Territory – Michael Austin The
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
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
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
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
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 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 Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism
The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman (editors) Download Pdf eBook Description Continental philosophy has entered a new period of ferment. The long deconstructionist era was followed with a period dominated by Deleuze,
The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism
The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman (editors) Download Pdf eBook Description Continental philosophy has entered a new period of ferment. The long deconstructionist era was followed with a period dominated by Deleuze,
Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature (via Speculative Heresy)
Today is the start of the Science and Metaphysics blog event organized by Pete Wolfendale, Reid Kotlas and myself. Ben Woodard provides us with the inaugural post, setting the stage for some of the implications of a speculative realism chained
Lovecraftian Science/Lovecraftian Nature (via Speculative Heresy)
Today is the start of the Science and Metaphysics blog event organized by Pete Wolfendale, Reid Kotlas and myself. Ben Woodard provides us with the inaugural post, setting the stage for some of the implications of a speculative realism chained
Ben Woodard – ‘A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature’ (via REAL HORROR)
Special commissioned writing by Ben Woodard A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature The possibility of Lovecraftian philosophy (and a philosophy of nature) is at least a threefold weirdness: 1-Lovecraft’s own philosophical views were
Ben Woodard – ‘A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature’ (via REAL HORROR)
Special commissioned writing by Ben Woodard A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher: Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature The possibility of Lovecraftian philosophy (and a philosophy of nature) is at least a threefold weirdness: 1-Lovecraft’s own philosophical views were
Conversation with Meillassoux (via Hyper tiling)
A very interesting conversation between Quentin Meillassoux, Robin McKay and Florian Hecker is available in pdf on the Urbanomic website (where, among other things, an interesting-looking forthcoming book on the philosophy of mathematics is announced). There is a lot of
Conversation with Meillassoux (via Hyper tiling)
A very interesting conversation between Quentin Meillassoux, Robin McKay and Florian Hecker is available in pdf on the Urbanomic website (where, among other things, an interesting-looking forthcoming book on the philosophy of mathematics is announced). There is a lot of
Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations From Dr. Lawgiverz-2
When the phone rang restlessly, whatever this means, Dr. Lawgiverz was sipping his dry red wine and smoking his hand rolled Havana cigar as if everything in the world was absolutely normal and nothing extraordinary was in progress concerning the
Mortal, All Too Mortal: Nihilistic Speculations From Dr. Lawgiverz-2
When the phone rang restlessly, whatever this means, Dr. Lawgiverz was sipping his dry red wine and smoking his hand rolled Havana cigar as if everything in the world was absolutely normal and nothing extraordinary was in progress concerning the
Agency, Nature and Emergent Properties: An Interview with Jane Bennett (via Para_Doxa)
An Interview with Jane Bennett by Gulshan Khan Jane Bennett is Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. In 1986 she received her doctorate in Political Science from
Agency, Nature and Emergent Properties: An Interview with Jane Bennett (via Para_Doxa)
An Interview with Jane Bennett by Gulshan Khan Jane Bennett is Professor of Political Theory and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA. In 1986 she received her doctorate in Political Science from
Collapse Vol. III: Unknown Deleuze [+ Speculative Realism] Now available to download for free (via Speculative Heresy)
Word from Urbanomic that Volume III of Collapse has sold out and is now available for free online. It includes the much-cited original Speculative Realism conference. Find it here. via Speculative Heresy Collapse III contains explorations of the work of
Collapse Vol. III: Unknown Deleuze [+ Speculative Realism] Now available to download for free (via Speculative Heresy)
Word from Urbanomic that Volume III of Collapse has sold out and is now available for free online. It includes the much-cited original Speculative Realism conference. Find it here. via Speculative Heresy Collapse III contains explorations of the work of
Notes Towards an Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis – 1
Melanie Klein is the first psychoanalyst to analyse a pre-verbal and pre-Oedipal stage of development, that is, before the child starts to hate the father and wants to unite with the mother whom he believes to contain the father’s penis.
Notes Towards an Object-Oriented Psychoanalysis – 1
Melanie Klein is the first psychoanalyst to analyse a pre-verbal and pre-Oedipal stage of development, that is, before the child starts to hate the father and wants to unite with the mother whom he believes to contain the father’s penis.
Accelerationism
Accelerationism “But which is the revolutionary path? Is there one? – To withdraw from the world market, as Samir Amin advises Third World Countries to do, in a curious revival of the fascist “economic solution”? Or might it be to
Accelerationism
Accelerationism “But which is the revolutionary path? Is there one? – To withdraw from the world market, as Samir Amin advises Third World Countries to do, in a curious revival of the fascist “economic solution”? Or might it be to
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
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
The Sun with a Dark Heart
New theory suggests that dark matter might gather in the center of the sun… By Smaranda Biliuti, News Editor Dr Stephen West from the Department of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London, launched an interesting theory about what
The Sun with a Dark Heart
New theory suggests that dark matter might gather in the center of the sun… By Smaranda Biliuti, News Editor Dr Stephen West from the Department of Physics at Royal Holloway, University of London, launched an interesting theory about what
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
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
Cengiz Erdem
Ahkâmlar/Speculations