Georges Bataille and the Continuity of Life

What is life? To the historian, writer, and occultist George Bataille, life is a ‘door into existence’ revealing to us Continue reading →

Trash Theory: The “Young-Girl” Deployment

Premiers Matériaux pour une Th´eorie de la Jeune-Fille I just found this weird little book. It’s been referenced here and Continue reading →

Semiotics of the End: Boredom at the End of the World

Dreams about the end of the world are not, perhaps, anymore the fruits of despair and fear alone. They are Continue reading →

In(ter)vention as Heresy

Is asymmetrical resistance or revolution possible against a figure of dominance who has adopted the logic of asymmetry? This appears Continue reading →

Peter Sloterdijk: Living in the Mountains of Imperial Foam

Peter Sloterdijk was unfortunate in writing about the existential problem of luxury in modern social life, especially given the Eurozone Continue reading →

On Infinity: The School of Names (名家) and Nicholas of Cusa

The School of Names is a group of philosophers in ancient China, who liked to discuss infinity and to enjoy Continue reading →

Platonic Friendship in the Epistles

1. Introduction: Plato’s Philosophy of Friendship The archetype of friendship is an underlying element of much of the Platonic corpus. Continue reading →

Laughter as a Critical Tool for Liberation

The question of what society is and how it operates is one that has been analyzed extensively in continental philosophy. Continue reading →