) For Laruelle, philosophy always revolves around dualities or differences, being – other, theory – practice, ontic-ontological, etc. 2) Laruelle leaves this terrain to fully invest his thinking power in the solutions of the One’s problem, or more precisely to […]
What is determination in the last instance? (20 points)
Man weiß gewöhnlich, dass zur Grenze hin, wenn man sie von den Weltinnenräumen des Kapitals her sieht, die Luft kälter, heute sollte man eher sagen heißer wird, und damit die Lebensbedingungen schlechter werden, es wächst die Gefahr, dass man von
Cybernetics and Class Why speak of a global proletariat in the context of cybernetic capital? The term “cybernetics” has two meanings. The first is the school of thought that developed its theories for the British and American military in the
Nick Dyer-Withefords Cyber-Proletariat. Accumulation of Capital, Cybernetics and proletarian class.
The protests against the G-20 summit in Hamburg in the summer of 2017 culminated in a micro-insurgency in the Schanzenviertel. For the first time in a long time, a social antagonism was ignited in Germany for a brief moment, the
The Autumn of the Uprisings (2)
“To abstain from violence against the violent is to become their accomplice. We do not have the choice between innocence and violence, but only between different forms of violence … Violence is the starting point common to all regimes. If
The Autumn of the Uprisings (1)
The actualization of value depends on material, symbolic money, which as the counterpart of value – counterpart, insofar as money nourishes the illusion of being able to give crisisless form to the potentially infinite of exploitation – affirms and actualizes
The fact that struggles for reproductive conditions or circulation struggles are increasing again worldwide at the moment is no coincidence. In France in particular, they are increasing in intensity from week to week with the Yellow West. The shifts are
Money robots are actually nothing more than complex algorithms that analyze and process data and are also able to learn from feedback and results. Former MEP Martin Ehrenhauser has published an informative book on this subject. The book “Die Geldroboter”,
One should insist that paranoia is the mass psychological fuel of neo-fascist and right-wing populist movements. Today they have chosen the vulnerable foreigners as their suitable enemy object. And to anticipate it right away, the paranoia of right-wing populists and
Paranoia Machines of the State
The hegemonically important discourses are currently taking place between neoliberal positions propagating the national market as a location in international competition and thus free trade, mobility for capital and a limited immigration of labour, and between the racist New Right,
For a New Leftist Policy of Subtraction – Adorno – Dark Deleuze – Laruelle (1)
Kommen wir zum Gesetz der steigenden atmosphärischen Konzentration von C02. Der Fluss der chinesischen Wanderarbeiter vom Land in die Städte hat die Lohnkosten für eine Zeitperiode niedrig gehalten, aber nicht nur in China, sondern in der ganzen Welt, sodass die
Am Ende des Buchs kommt Malm auf die Emissions-Explosion nach dem Jahr 2000 zu sprechen, die von einem einzigen Land ausging, nämlich der VR China. Zwischen den Jahren 2000 und 2006 war China für 55% der globalen Emission von CO2