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Tag Archives: philosophy
On At The Existentialist Café
I. I’ve been reading At The Existentialist Café a chapter at a time for a couple months now. It’s a weird way to read a book but, you know, things get in the way when you’re writing a dissertation. I barreled through … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Theory
Tagged at the existentialist cafe, book, existentialism, philosophy, sarah bakewell
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Adam Kotsko on “pure dismissal”
Adam Kotsko has a post up at AUFS about how one can engage in dismissal in a world dominated by critical thinking. This is something I’ve advocated before, and I’ve always gotten an almost extreme reaction of “how dare you not take … Continue reading
Posted in General Features
Tagged adam kotsko, dismissal, philosophy
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Adam Kotsko’s Radical Materialism
[T]his post, itself, is the most radical materialism possible. Keep these words that I am blogging to you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home and when you are … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged adam kotsko, materialism, philosophy
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Tom Sparrow’s “Plastic Bodies” is Out!
I’m super excited about this book and it is free so go check it out. The blurb: Sensation is a concept with a conflicted philosophical history. It has found as many allies as enemies in nearly every camp from empiricism … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged philosophy, plastic bodies, tom sparrow
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Rosi Braidotti on the future
TVWhat makes the project of the nomadic programmatic, or utopian? Rosi Braidotti: Let’s call it programmatic; maybe that’s a better term than utopian here. I call to actively embrace this ethic of affirmation. We need to borrow the energy from … Continue reading
On Lyotard and Thebaud’s “Just Gaming”
[I originally wrote this post in February 2014 and never published it for some reason. A lot of it, especially at the beginning, is written for a specific time and moment. Forgive me.] As you may know, I am writing … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged jean-francois lyotard, jean-loup thebaud, just gaming, philosophy, theory
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On Darius Kazemi’s “Zeno of Elea”
I should have spent the break between semesters planning my course materials for the spring and working on my thesis, but instead I was playing World of Warcraft for “research,” which really meant performing the rote task of grinding in order to … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games
Tagged darius kazemi, philosophy, world of warcraft, zeno of elea
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Mark Fisher on Nick Land
Land was our Nietzsche – with the same baiting of the so-called progressive tendencies, the same bizarre mixture of the reactionary and the futuristic, and a writing style that updates nineteenth century aphorisms into what Kodwo Eshun called “text at … Continue reading
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Tagged mark fisher, nick land, philosophy, theory
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Rhizome Profiles Alex Myers
So Alex Myers has a lot of radditude and you can look at his blog and his twitter for constant updates on his life. I constantly want to write at length about Alex, but I’ve yet to spend the time … Continue reading
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Tagged alex myers, philosophy, rhizome, theory, video games
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Nonhuman Life: Quentin Meillassoux’s After Finitude
This post is part of a series of posts that I am writing in conjunction with an independent study I am taking that is based around the concept of nonhuman life. You can read more about it here. Up front: After … Continue reading
Posted in Nonhuman Life
Tagged ethics, nonhuman life, nonhumans, philosophy, quentin miellassoux
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