Tag: politics
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Marx in Motion: A New Materialist Marxism (Audiobook)
My book on Marx is now available for download at Audible. Marx in Motion A New Materialist Marxism By: Thomas Nail Narrated by: Paul Boehmer Length: 12 hrs Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 10-27-20 Language: English Publisher: Tantor Audio Publisher’s Summary Karl Marx is the most historically foundational and systematic critic of capitalism to date, and the years since…
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The Politics of Movement: An Interview with Thomas Nail
Here is an interview I did on the politics of movement with Nico Buitendag for his podcast, Undisciplined. The last three interviews were with Andrew Culp, Sandro Mezzadra, and Simon Springer. Check them all out here.
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Understanding the Coronavirus Pandemic with Foucault? by Philipp Sarasin
Here is a section from one of the best theoretical analyses I have read on the coronavirus so far. Read the full article here. 4. SOME CONCLUSIONS WITH REGARD TO CORONA ↑ It is clear that Foucault did not speak of real pandemics but that he used infectious diseases as models of thought in order…
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3 pandemic predictions from Lucretius How being afraid of death is making some people less ethical
3 pandemic predictions from Lucretius How being afraid of death is making some people less ethical The global spread of the coronavirus has forced us to confront our own mortality, and fears about illness and death weigh heavily on the minds of many. But there’s a risk that fear for our own life will outweigh…
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: THE UNDERCOMMONS AND DESTITUENT POWER
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: THE UNDERCOMMONS AND DESTITUENT POWER March 26-28th, 2020, Indiana University in Bloomington. Organizers: Micol Seigel, Bella Bravo, Kieran Aarons, Mia Beach, Ross Gay, Rosie Stockton, J. Cameron Karter Confirmed Speakers: Fred Moten, Frederic Neyrat, Laura Harris, Mikkel Bolt-Rasmussen, Adam Kotsko, Dylan Rodriquez, Mauvaise Troupe Collective, Jaime Alves, Daniel Nemser, Jackie Wang Deadline for…
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“Understanding the Philosophy of Movement” An Interview with Thomas Nail
Kinetic Revolution: Understanding the Transversal Reality of the “Philosophy of Movement” Dario Giovanni Ali interviews Thomas Nail, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Denver on his theory of “kinopolitics.” Translated into Italian and published in Visitors, K-Pocket Guide (Italy, Kabul Press, 2020), 52-61. Download here in English and Italian. Dario: In…
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The Climate-Migration-Industrial Complex
I just published a short piece at the New School’s Public Seminar magazine on migration and climate change. A further development of the idea that climate migration is a form of primitive accumulation. Read online here, download here. Thirty years ago there were fifteen border walls around the world. Now there are seventy walls and…
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Climate change is a weapon of primitive accumulation
Climate change is a weapon of primitive accumulation Climate change has disproportionately negative effects on poorer countries and people of color, and disproportionally positive effects on receiving countries that benefit from hyper-exploitable and precious labor – what I call a ‘reserve climate labor army.’ This asymmetry is the result of a long history of capitalist…
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New Issue of Theory & Event, Volume 22, Number 4, October 2019
The latest issue of Theory & and Event looks great! Congrats to Kieran on the Symposium on “Myth and Politics in Furio Jesi”. Looks like some great contributions in there. Introduction Cristina Beltrán, Kennan Ferguson pp. 789-791 View | Download | Save Articles More Than a Hashtag: Excitement, Anguish and the Semblant of #MeToo Rosemary…
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“Centrifugal Force and the Mouth of a Shark: Toward a Movement-Oriented Poetics,” by Kevin Potter
Centrifugal Force and the Mouth of a Shark: Toward a Movement-Oriented Poetics Kevin Potter Ariel: A Review of International English Literature Johns Hopkins University Press Volume 50, Number 4, October 2019 pp. 51-78 10.1353/ari.2019.0033 Abstract “No one leaves home unless / Home is the mouth of a shark” read the opening lines of Warsan Shire’s…
The Philosophy of Movement 