01
May
An Example of Honest, Clear, Good Writing
Another great bit of text from Alice Jardine's
[https://scholar.harvard.edu/alicejardine/home] At the Risk of
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Notebook
This category is stuff that I come across in stuff I read, or watch, or listen to, and don’t want to forget. It’s also a record of thoughts that make up my head noise.
27
Apr
Camus on Politics
The following is from Albert Camus's speech in the United States in 1946. The
title of the speech
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26
Apr
The Revolution as Semblant
I recorded an episode of the InForm: Podcast
[https://www.surplusjouissance.com/tag/inform/]with Jason & Chris from the
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25
Apr
Speaking at the right moment
I've been doing some work to get ready for some teaching I'm going to be doing
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19
Apr
Adult Powers
I found this in a post over at Letter of Note, which shows many different bits
from letter E.B.
14
Apr
More on Energetic Pessimism
Yesterday, I wrote about the concept of
[https://www.surplusjouissance.com/energetic-pessimist/]energetic pessimism
[https://www.surplusjouissance.com/energetic-pessimist/]. Today
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13
Apr
Energetic Pessimist
This is another short burst from the excellent intellectual biography At the
Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual Biography of Julia
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12
Apr
Kristeva | A Contestatory Intellectual
These words from Alice Jardine's [https://scholar.harvard.edu/alicejardine/home]
At the Risk of Thinking: An Intellectual
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09
Apr
Symbolic Bodies
In Philosophy of Care [https://www.versobooks.com/books/3951-philosophy-of-care]
Boris Groys [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Groys] explains
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08
Apr
The Modern State is Biopolitical
In the introduction to his book Philosophy of Care
[https://www.versobooks.com/books/3951-philosophy-of-care] Boris Groys
[https://en.wikipedia.
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