As in Joseph Vogl’s new book Capital and Ressentment, information is also a central concept for Jonathan Beller’s book World Computer. For Beller, the drastic increase of information implies the possibility of concluding a derivative contract on any phenomenon, which […]
UNDERSTANDING LUMPENIZATION AND BONAPARTISM originally published in Spectre To name a class “lumpenproletariat” is to reveal something that would otherwise prefer to stay hidden. The lumpenproletariat is not merely defined by its non-relation to production, which is the most common definition
Recentering the Lumpen Question Today
read here: you can order the book here: https://force-inc.org/p/riot-strike-riot you can listen a clover/malm discussion here Published by Galerie der Abseitigen Künste und NON.Derivate Herausgegeben von Karl-Heinz Dellwo / Achim Szepanski Übersetzung: Richard Bachmann, Dennis Büscher-Ulbrich, Jan Heintz Übersetzungslektorat: J.
The given-in-one does not require reflection; on the contrary, in every conceivable case it is the condition for every reception or reflection in order to be true in the last instance. The real implies here a radical autonomy, that is,
raken from alienocene 8 … “Blacks are not Human subjects, but are instead structurally inert props,” Wilderson emphasizes, suggesting that a violent structure can neither incorporate nor give justice to the pillars upon which it is built … read here
Deconstruction and Frank Wilderson’s Afropessimism
The three main concepts of Lukács’ famous book History and Class Consciousness are already contained in the title: History, Class and Consciousness. 1 These three concepts are especially developed in the longest and most important essay of the book, “Reification
Lukács ’ Idea of Communism and its Blind Spot: Money
you can order the book here: https://force-inc.org/p/riot-strike-riot Published by Galerie der Abseitigen Künste und NON.Derivate Herausgegeben von Karl-Heinz Dellwo / Achim Szepanski Übersetzung: Richard Bachmann, Dennis Büscher-Ulbrich, Jan Heintz Übersetzungslektorat: J. Paul Weiler Erscheint: Januar 2021 Jahrhunderte lang waren die
Joshua Clover: RIOT. STRIKE. RIOT
Strength of hatred in Marx.Fighting spirit of the working class.Interlay revolutionary destruction and the idea of redemption.— Walter Benjamin, ‘Notes on the Concept of History,’ (1939) 1. To have repudiated with the utmost vehemence the political significance of Millenarianism is
From Theological to Historical Apocatastasis: Notes on Benjamin’s ‘Theologico-Political Fragment’
Deshalb gilt auch darauf hinzuweisen, welche ko-primäre Rolle die primitive Akkumulation oder die direkte Aneignung als versteckter kinetischer Support für die interne und die externe Bewegung des Werts besitzen. Hierzu schreibt zum Beispiel Winfried Wolf: „Es gibt auch Versuche der
Thomas Nails “Marx in Motion” (4)
In der letzten Zeit wachsen auch in der Umweltbewegung die Zweifel – und es gibt Theoretiker, die wieder auf Sozialismus und sogar auf Lenin zurückgreifen Die im Auftrag der Klimabewegung Fridays for Future vom Wuppertal-Institut erstellte Studie sollte zeigen, dass
Kann es einen klimagerechten Kapitalismus geben?
The Time of Climate and the Climate of Time Time travel narratives are in some regard a paradigm for speculative fiction itself. They focalize the broader tradition of setting a story at a distant historical moment, future or past, passing
An Interview Discussing the Pandemic, Economic Crisis, Repression, and Resistance in Iran All around the world, as the compromises that stabilized capitalism through the 20th century collapse, people are facing increasingly authoritarian measures from governments of all stripes. In this
Iran: “There Is an Infinite Amount of Hope… but Not for Us”