Tag: Books
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Being and Motion reviewed by Michael J. Bennett
Thomas Nail, Being and Motion Aug 30, 2019 Thomas Nail, Being and Motion. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018; 544 pages. ISBN: 978-0190908911. Reviewed by Michael J. Bennett, University of King’s College. Thomas Nail’s ambitious philosophical project starts with the diagnosis that today we live in the “Age of Motion.” Politics, aesthetics and science have…
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Theory of the Image (explained)
Bartosz Gonczarek at “Everything Explained” has put together a wonderful visual whiteboard of great quotes from Theory of the Image that I think hit some very important summary highlights from the book, especially Part III on the digital image. View it here.
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Theory of the Image (OUP, 2019) OUT NOW!
The book is now available from Amazon and shortly with OUP (30% off code: AAFLYG6) Read the introduction here. Read the Conclusion below. The Mobile Image We live in the age of the mobile image. Today, more than ever before, we are surrounded by hybrid images of all kinds that circulate freely and mix with contemporary images. This incredible…
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Favorite Writing Music of 2018
These were my favorite albums to write to that came out in 2018. When I write I listen to only instrumental music and find that it helps me focus. I hope they help you too. Happy New New Year! 1) Shida Shahabi, Homes 2) Zoë Keating, Snowmelt 3) Nils Frahm, All Melody 4) Ólafur…
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I Know There Are So Many of You, Alain Badiou (2018)
The history of humanity has only just begun. The Neolithic Revolution may have endowed us with unparalleled means of communication, subsistence, and knowledge acquisition. However, it is clear in today’s world that inequality, power hierarchies, and violence persist on a greater scale than ever before. In these two lectures, delivered to the large number of…
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What Is Real? | Giorgio Agamben
Eighty years ago, Ettore Majorana, a brilliant student of Enrico Fermi, disappeared under mysterious circumstances while going by ship from Palermo to Naples. How is it possible that the most talented physicist of his generation vanished without leaving a trace? It has long been speculated that Majorana decided to abandon physics, disappearing because he had…
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Being and Motion, 2018 (Free Download)
Download a preview of Being and Motion here. [30% off Code at OUP: AAFLYG6]
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Five Recent Books in Critical Theory (July)
The author of the contemporary classic, In the Dust of This Planet, is back with another raw and unsettling look at the human condition. Comprised of aphorisms, fragments, and observations both philosophical and personal, Thacker’s new book traces the contours of pessimism, caught as it often is between a philosophical position and a bad attitude.…
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Problems in twentieth century French philosophy
Great special issue on the idea of “problems” in French philosophy. michel-foucault.com/2018/08/01/angelaki-special-issue-problems-in-twentieth-century-french-philosophy-2018/
The Philosophy of Movement 