The Ontology of Motion
The first limitation is Deleuze ’ s theory of motion . If the flux of matter, like every other flux, is ontologically equal to every other flux, then we should expect to find in Deleuze ’ s pluralist ontology […]
Climate change is a weapon of primitive accumulation
Climate change is a weapon of primitive accumulation Climate change has disproportionately negative effects on poorer countries and people of color, and disproportionally positive effects on receiving countries that benefit from hyper-exploitable and precious labor – what I call a
Climate change is a weapon of primitive accumulation
What is Object Oriented Ontology? What is Actor Network Theory? What is the Philosophy of Movement?
What is an object? One interesting way to avoid the problem of getting the subject and object back together to secure knoweldge is by not introducing the division in the first place. What if everything was only objects? We could
What is Object Oriented Ontology? What is Actor Network Theory? What is the Philosophy of Movement?
Black Hole Materialism
Christopher Neil Gamble University of Washington Thomas Nail University of Denver Abstract: The Euro-Western tradition has long considered matter to be essentially non-relational, passive and mechanical. Matter, that is, is thought to consist of elementary particles that remain internally unchanged
Lucretius and the immanence of motion
Lucretius was the first philosopher of immanence. It is he and not Democritus or Epicurus who holds this title. If we want to understand the historical emergence of the concept of immanence, we should start by distinguishing its precursors in
Lucretius and the immanence of motion
Marx in Motion
Karl Marx is the most historically foundational and systematic critic of capitalism to date, and the years since the 2008 financial crisis have witnessed a rebirth of his popular appeal. In a world of rising income inequality, right-wing nationalisms, and
THREE THESES ON NEOLIBERAL MIGRATION AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
The argument of this paper is that the migrant is also a defining figure of neoliberal social reproduction. This argument is composed of three interlocking theses on what I am calling the “neoliberal migrant.” Thesis 1: The first thesis argues
THREE THESES ON NEOLIBERAL MIGRATION AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
The Earth is Dying, But Not Fast Enough
How we respond depends a great deal on how we frame the problem. First, we need to change the way we understand natural processes. Nature is in a state of constant flux —always looking for new ways to use more
The Earth is Dying, But Not Fast Enough
Climate Change and Migration in the Kinocene
In this intervention, I put forward five short theses on the topic of ‘ Anthropocene mobilities. ’ My aim is not to unpack every concept con-tained herein but rather to provide a provocative introductory synthesis of five big ideas about
Climate Change and Migration in the Kinocene
Kinetic Revolution: Understanding the Transversal Reality of the “Philosophy of Movement”
This is roughly where physics is at with what is now called quantum gravity theory in physics. In quantum gravity theory, space and time and all the laws of nature are not, as Einstein thought, a priori features of nature.
Kinetic Revolution: Understanding the Transversal Reality of the “Philosophy of Movement”
The Climate-Migration- Industrial Complex
Thirty years ago there were fifteen border walls around the world. Now there are seventy walls and over one billion national and international migrants. International migrants alone may even double in the next forty years due to global warming. It
The Climate-Migration- Industrial Complex
WHAT IS NEW MATERIALISM?
Thomas Nail.Christopher N Gamble. Joshua Hanan. This paper argues that there is currently no single definition of new materialism but at least three distinct and partly incompatible trajectories. All three of these trajectories share at least one common theoretical commitment: