Over at Fractured Politics Kris Coffield has posted an interview with me. Kris asked really challenging and fantastic questions and my responses to his questions are a bit denser than some of my other interviews. There’s a lot of politics here, as well as discussions of the difference between the critical and the speculative turn, how the speculative turn builds on the critical turn, and epistemology. I’m really thankful that Chris gave me the opportunity to respond.
June 30, 2011
Vultures, Objects, and Politics: An Interview With Me
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June 30, 2011 at 5:47 pm
Given your distinction between dark, dim, etc objects, I thought you might be amused to find that archivists use a similar terminology:
Light archive: A collection of materials that is accessible to the public without restrictions.
Dim archive: A collection of materials that has limited access to only specified users, such as librarians or researchers.
Dark archive: A collection of materials preserved for future use but with no current access.
“Rogue archives” isn’t yet in the lexicon …
June 30, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Very interesting, John!
June 30, 2011 at 9:08 pm
This interview looks v. good. Would have to be a vulture rather than a nice pretty budgy
July 1, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Heidegger and Unconcealment (Mark Wrathall).
Just came across this link on FB:
a new treatise on Heidegger that wil obviously be of relevance to all keen philosopher’.
http://ndpr.nd.edu/review.cfm?id=24212
‘In Wrathall’s thoughtful analysis Heidegger’s phrases turn into clear and compelling views on the conditions of the intelligibility of our world. “Essencing” refers to the ways in which our practices stabilize and maintain relationships between entities so that they can become salient in our engagement. And the fourfold, refreshingly, should be taken quite literally as the conditions for leading meaningful lives given by the environment, celestial cycles, growth and mortality, and the experiences of the sacred.’