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Where my theory heads at?
I don't know how long our interest in returning to LJ will last, but let's get theorizing. A crisis is always a great time for theory. How about...top ten list of theories about viruses/quarantines/illness/contagion/etc. I'll fill out #1 for everyone, becuase it's just so obvious.
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1. Vilem Flusser - Towards A Philosophy of Photography
(in Portuguese original, the translation should read as "Towards A Philosophy of The Black Box"2. Gilles Deleuze - Desert Island (essay ( Read more... ) -
thinking rocks (object-oriented ontology)
In my field-- medieval literary studies-- there's this trendy thing, Object-oriented ontology"The rejection of post-Kantian privileging of human existence over the existence of nonhuman objects. Beginning with Kant's "Copernican revolution," modern philosophers began articulating a transcendental anthropocentrism, whereby objects are said to ( Read more... ) -
Free Theory
Not only is it free, but it's French.
French Theory Today--An Introduction to Possible Futures
proposed by Alexander Galloway
A seminar covering five philosophers over five days. Looking beyond the influential generation of 1960s and '70s French theory, we explore a number of younger voices ( Read more... ) -
Can I just substitute an interpretive dance in place of a list?
Although I am generally of the opinion that I would never be a member of a club that would have someone like me as a member, I decided to give this a try.
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I did (not) mean it
What is the role of authorial intention? And what do you understand by the term "intentional fallacy"?
A top ten list
I think it is fine if not-yet accepted members comment