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2015 in Blogging at Reason and Existenz
Thanks to all of my new and old friends who have visited my blog and shared posts around the net. Here is a nice overview of the year for this site: http://keithwaynebrown.com/2015/annual-report/ Continue reading
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The rise in stock of philosophy graduates | World news | The Guardian
“A degree in philosophy? What are you going to do with that then?”Philosophy students will tell you they’ve been asked this question more times than they care to remember.”The response people seem to want is a cheery shrug and a… Continue reading
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Lectures on Gramsci
Originally posted on Bob Jessop: This module introduces the work of Antonio Gramsci and its relevance to the arts, humanities and social sciences. It deals with the life and work of Gramsci, outlines the principal influences on his intellectual and… Continue reading
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Loving Struggle, Possible Existenz
Philosophizing must be a work of art that is always on the brink of failure; a befriending of the power of imaginative vision that already stretches too far until it reaches contradiction and breaks down. Only in this reaching beyond… Continue reading
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Stefan Zweig: On The Daemonic and Tragic Worlds | dark ecologies
Whatever strives to transcend the narrower boundaries of self, overleaping immediate personal interests to seek adventures in the dangerous realm of inquiry, is the outcome of the daemonic constituent of our being. But the daemon is not a friendly and… Continue reading
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Interview: Nicholas Tampio on Deleuze’s Political Vision
Source: Interview: Nicholas Tampio on Deleuze’s Political Vision Continue reading
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unbroken but stretching
disconnecting slowly strings of attachment unbroken but stretching unfortunate end Continue reading
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Shaka, When the Walls Fell
Thanks to my friend Debbie S., for sending along this tweet. “Pooh?” said Piglet. “Yes, Piglet?” said Pooh. “Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra,” said Piglet. “Shaka, when the walls fell,” said Pooh. — Michael G. Munz (@TheWriteMunz) November 17, 2015… Continue reading
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$20 Trillion Rock and Extraplanetary Capitalism
Bill Gates, Google billionaires, James Cameron and Ross Perot Jr. have decided it is worth it to bet big on a future in space mining… To become the wealthiest company in the world, Planetary Resources [would] need only capture one… Continue reading
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impossible exchange
born within the ground bourne upon the wind, every word is prophesy to the death and resurrection of our impossible exchange our loving struggle our communication Continue reading
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Paralipomena to a Re-examination of Plato’s Category of the Image
Originally posted on hyletic-discontinuity: The origin of drawing and painting in the West is often associated with the story of the potter Butades recounted by Pliny the Elder’s in his Natural History. Pliny reports how Butades’ daughter traced in sand, illuminated… Continue reading
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this fork
fingers extending metallic scraping against a plate grabbing bits of a food delivering to a mouth laying on a tongue flavor, sustenance then letting-go and forgotten chew chew clink clink rest Continue reading
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Aphorism 05Oct2015
Either I risk myself venturing into the world and beyond—or I never will have my ownmost Self as freedom Continue reading
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The end of Aqua Teen Hunger Force marks the end of an era for TV animation · For Our Consideration · The A.V. Club
The Aqua Teens had no mission, no reason for being. They were mascots without a restaurant, signifiers without any signified. At their core they were talking trash, parodies of commercial waste who actually became merchandisable characters in their own right.… Continue reading
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Ignoring the Borg in the Room
Frodeman and Briggle continue asking how philosophers can serve society in this age of technoscience. #SocratesTenured http://philosophyimpact.org/2015/08/31/borg-like-existence/ Continue reading
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The Impossibility of Hugging Yourself
When we apply this idea to infant development, it becomes clear that focusing on the sense of touch forces us to see the infant in a more active role where s/he has to “reach out” towards the world and comprehend… Continue reading
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#Fracketeering: Solutions for the Society of Control
My colleague Adam Briggle has been very active intellectually and politically with local bans on fracking in my hometown of Denton. In a dialog we had recently, I mentioned to him that fracking bans–and the ban on bans–could be read differently… Continue reading
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