-
Is Nature Continuous or Discrete?: How the Atomist Error was Born (Spanish Translation by Julián Martín Berrío)
Another great Spanish translation by Julián Martín Berrío. La naturaleza continua o discreta. Revisado
-
Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion (Spanish Translation)
Julián Martín Berrío (@julianberriog) has begun translating Lucretius I into Spanish. Attached below is the Introduction. We are looking for Spanish language presses for publication. If any one has any connections or suggestions please let us know. Thanks. LUCRECIO I. Nail. Thomas. Spanish translated
-
What is the Philosophy of Movement? Part III: Process Ontology
What is the difference between process philosophy and the philosophy of movement? Process Ontology and Becoming The historical precursors of the philosophy of motion have also had a major influence on a number of contemporary process ontologies, or ontologies of becoming. Process ontology, like the ontology of movement, emphasizes flux and becoming but is not…
-
What is the Philosophy of Movement? Part II: The Mobilities Turn
What is the “Mobilities Turn” and what is its Relationship to the Philosophy of Movement? In 2006, Mimi Sheller and John Urry announced the emergence of a “mobilities paradigm” or “mobility turn” in the social sciences.[i]Their edited journal issue showed quite dramatically what many scholars studying movement across several different disciplines had already felt was…
-
Choreomania: Dance and Disorder (2018)
This looks like a great book! Kélina Gotman, Choreomania: Dance and Disorder – OUP 2018 When political protest is read as epidemic madness, religious ecstasy as nervous disease, and angular dance moves as dark and uncouth, the disorder being described is choreomania. At once a catchall term to denote spontaneous gestures and the unruly movements…
-
What is the Philosophy of Movement? Part I
The Philosophy of Motion The philosophy of motion is the analysis of phenomena across social, aesthetic, scientific, and ontological domains from the perspective of motion. As such, the ontology of motion is only one part of the philosophy of motion. Most important, and quite simply, the philosophy of motion is defined by the methodological primacy…
-
La Ontología del Movimiento
“The Ontology of Movement” originally published in Qui Parle Vol. 27, No. 1, June 2018 has now been translated into Spanish by Julián Martín Berrío (@julianberriog) here. “Vivimos en una era de movimiento. Más que en cualquier otro momento de la historia, las personas y las cosas se desplazan distancias más largas, con mayor frecuencia y más rápido…
-
Derrida and New Materialism
Excellent book review of Clayton Crockett’s new book on Derrida by Vernon W. Cisney, Gettysburg College. Derrida After the End of Writing: Political Theology and New Materialism Clayton Crockett, Derrida After the End of Writing: Political Theology and New Materialism, Fordham University Press, 2017, 183pp., $100.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780823277834.
-
Another Review of Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion (2018)
I love his opening line. That is about how I felt when I wrote it. “I’m utterly bamboozled by this extraordinary book. I honestly do not know if the author has a brilliant vision of Lucretius that everyone else has missed or he’s completely bonkers.” Read here
-
“ANTIQUITY HAS NEVER FELT SO ALIVE” A Review of Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion
A wonderful review of Lucretius I: An Ontology of Motion here.