Archives mensuelles : juin 2018

In my last post I come to the conclusion that Yoon Ha Lee’s MACHINERIES OF EMPIRE is finally disappointing, in that it does not live up to its promise of an innovative military sf space opera that is both entertaining … Lire la suite →

I have defended the idea that Yoon Ha Lee’s NINEFOX GAMBIT was a genre-subverting military space opera that criticised the premises of military sf. This is why I opposed the Shadow Clarke Jury’s verdict that there was something wrong with … Lire la suite →

Yoon Ha Lee’s NINEFOX GAMBIT is an innovative and dazzling science fiction novel in the genre of military space opera. It has produced contrasted reactions due to different perspectives based on differing perceptions of the speculative and ethical dimensions of … Lire la suite →

via RAVEN STRATAGEM – Yoon Ha Lee (2017) This is a very clear and very well argued post. Even if we suppose that there are ideological presuppositions ingrained into the tropes and conventions of military space opera I think that … Lire la suite →

I find Ian Hunter’s work on Badiou very interesting and useful, but I see no problem or uniqueness in the need for conversion that Hunter finds present in Badiou’s discourse, as it is a common requirement for any general philosophical … Lire la suite →

In sum, Zizek sees object-oriented ontology as attempting to supplement or replace the ontology of modern science with its own ontology of real objects and relations. « The problem with OOO is that its ontological premises seek either to supplement or … Lire la suite →

In the discussion of the possible relation between politics and ontology, how are we to distinguish extension theories, based on re-imagined reading and creative repetition of Marx, from replacement theories? What criteria can we use? THE APOPHATIC VEIL: withdrawal and … Lire la suite →

EXTENSION vs REPLACEMENT I distinguish « extension » theories, such as those of Deleuze, Badiou, and Zizek (whatever one may think of their respective merits) from, adapting Zizek’s terms, « replacement » theories (Latour, Laruelle, Harman). FROM SUBSTANCE TO SUBJECT Zizek argues that OOO … Lire la suite →

What use is philosophy? or non-philosophy? The honest answer is I don’t know, I have no idea. I am just a common man not a scholar or an expert, but I feel I am part of the larger philosophical community, … Lire la suite →

I will be blogging my reading of « READING MARX » by Slavoj Zizek, Frank Ruda, and Agon Hamza, Chapter One by Zizek: « Marx Reads Object-Oriented Ontology ». 1) REPLACEMENT THEORIES: de-marxised ontologies In the opening lines Zizek writes: « The reading of Marx … Lire la suite →