… A STEP ASIDE How to translate one’s own activist-intellectual experience into a global imaginery of political action and resistance? How to desist from the populist temptation in fighting neoliberalism? At first glance the choice of these two questions and tasks appears arbitrary, but what follows will be a brief historico-political explanation why I think [...]
Najmanje i Najviše [uvodne napomene o konferenciji Poprišta neoliberalizma]
Konferencijom koja se bavi neoliberalizmom i Istočnom Evropom preuzeli smo određeni rizik, već na retoričkoj razini. Metodološki rizik utoliko što spajamo dva imena koja označavaju najviše i najmanje. Naime, s jedne strane imamo označitelj sa skoro nepreglednim opsegom: neoliberalizam tako danas označava sve od mjera popravaka razbijenih prozora u gradskim četvrtima ili svakodnevnog stresa na [...]
Albahari 0.1 [Ludvig, Brat]
Ima knjiga koje vas tjeraju da obznanite vlastitu poetiku, i to ne onu spisateljsku već čitateljsku. Tako u ovom slučaju započinjem sa dva aksioma. 1. Kod značajnih, velikih autora njihove vam najbolje knjige mijenjaju život dok vas njihove samo dobre ostavljaju hladnima. 2. Za razliku od osrednjih pa čak i dobrih knjiga koje su podložne [...]
Out of Love and Friendship [Alexander Garcia-Düttmann, Derrida und ich]
.. i can imagine him, my friend, misbehaving pretty badly in front of an audience. Insulting them. You want his, philosopher’s, secrets, his tips & tricks unveiled? And you’re also eager to know his particular idiosyncrasies, his singular style? – .. here you have with, would he, my friend, answer to himself not waiting anybody’s [...]
Sub- and Semi- [Paolo Virno, Jokes and Innovative Action]
Yet another in comparison small, but nevertheless bold theoretical volume by Paolo Virno which has been published in English translation. To say it outright: It is rather unfortunate that a wider international audience yet again gets just a 100+ page book by this Italian author, especially if one takes into account the critical attention his [...]
Odysseus, Fahrräder [Gerald Raunig, Tausend Maschinen]
… wenn es darauf ankommt, können die Geschichten ohne die Fahrräder nicht anfangen, können sie als Geschichten nicht anfangen, wenn sie sich je nicht an Fahrräder anschliessen. Darum und um einiges mehr geht es im neuen Band von Gerald Raunig, Tausend Maschinen [Turia+Kant, Wien, 2008]. Dieses angesprochene Mehr, das bündig nur auf etwas mehr als [...]
1968 – Biopolitical Philosophy and its Historical Fundamentum. Take one
One of the peculiar features of the (recent) biopolitical philosophy has been its constant urge to periodize. For sure, this urge to historicize (itself) is nothing exclusive to biopolitical theory: the same could amount to pretty much every intellectual activity in modern times. But, nevertheless, I will claim that this recent obsession in periodizing is [...]
