For Laruelle, a first important distinction must be made with regard to the assessment of the technical sciences, namely that between technique and technology. By technology, Laruelle understands in the broadest sense the technical object raised by Simondon in his […]
The essence of technology in Laruelle
1. Die “Philosophie”, die diesen Namen schon immer für sich beansprucht hat, stellt sich als einewandernde Disziplin am Rande des permanenten Ruins dar. Es ist jedoch keine Architektur, die maneinfach abreißen kann, sondern wir versuchen, sie von Grund auf auf
Abhilfen für eine wandernde und sich wiederholende Philosophie
My argument is that Baudrillard continuously said that “everything is simulation (or virtual)” rather than saying that “there is more and more simulation (or virtuality)” because the diagnosis of simulation, simulacra, virtuality, and hyperreality in contemporary culture is not the
Baudrillard’s Importance for the Future
»The relentless unity of the culture industry bears witness to the emergent unity of politics.« —Th. W. Adorno & M. Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightment «According to the tenets of Hyperstition, there is no difference in principal between a universe, a
(Cybernetic-)‘Post-Pop‘: affect art(s) & (emotional) self-governing
This text includes a presentation of TETRALOGOS, the new (2019) book by François Laruelle, followed by an examination of his formula for a «general science fiction» and a proposal to make this formula more generic. Abstract(1) some general considerations regarding
FROM EARTH TO THE UNIVERSE – LARUELLE AND RADICAL SCIENCE FICTION
To be more precise, science fiction is neither forward-looking nor utopian. Rather, in William Gibson’s phrase, science fiction is a means through which to preprogram the present […] Science fiction operates through the power of falsification, the drive to
Bergsonian Science-Fiction: Kodwo Eshun, Gilles Deleuze, & Thinking the Reality of Time