The Anthropocene and the End of Postmodernism
In his 1979 book The Postmodern Condition, Jean Francois Lyotard famously described the coming age of postmodernism as a the dissolution of grand narratives, that is, overarching schemes or horizons […]
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Hauntings in the Anthropocene – Jeff VanderMeer
Originally posted on environmental critique:
An Initial Exploration by Jeff VanderMeer ? ? 1. Timothy Morton’s Hyperobjects, which sets out a series of thoughts about “dark ecologies,” has become central to…
The Brain of History or the Mentality of the Anthropocene | Catherine Malabou
The Brain of History or the Mentality of the Anthropocene Catherine Malabou’s lecture is titled “The Brain of History or the Mentality of the Anthropocene” and will explore topics of […]
Apocalypse, Now! Peter Sloterdijk & Bernard Stiegler on the Anthropocene
“We would finally like to ask here, most likely in deviation from Stiegler’s own intentions, whether it would be possible to conceive of such an internation as an enabling strategy […]
HP Lovecraft: Fear of the Climate
What is a human? An ape stumbling quite stupidly through a world threatening to collapse. An organism that considers itself to be thriving. It has done quite well in its own estimation. […]
Guattari’s Eco-Logic
WILD ECOLOGIES – Featured post #2: Here Bill Rose summarizes and interprets Guattari’s ‘ecosophy’ as it is laid out in the book and elsewhere, on the way to a quasi-anarchic […]
scientists mourning our planet @DahrJamail
“I have been vacillating between depression and acceptance of where we are, both as victims – fragile human beings – and as perpetrators: We are the species responsible for altering […]
