Deontologistics
Just a quick note to highlight a new Deleuze-focused blog, Deontologistics. A few excellent posts up already, with promises of more to come on Badiou and Brandom. He also self-professes that he's "been known to dabble in speculative realism, though [he doesn't] inhale."
Also, it looks as though I will be giving a short talk at Goldsmith's on September 30th, along with some of the brightest people I know. The event will be based around Dominic Fox's fascinating book, Cold World: The Aesthetics of Dejection and the Politics of Militant Dysphoria. I'll have moved to England the day before, so hopefully some fun jetlag-induced hijinks will follow. I'll post up more details as they become finalized.
[UPDATE:]
Militant Dysphoria
Wednesday September 30th, 2009
Room RHB 256, Goldmsiths, University of London 2-6 PM
Facebook Event page
Featuring:
Dominic Fox
Nathan Brown
Mark Fisher
Nick Srnicek
James Trafford
Alex Williams
An event to discuss some of the issues raised by Domininc Fox's Cold World: The aesthetics of dejection and the politics of militant dysphoria, due to be published by zer0 at the end of September. What is meant by 'militant dysphoria', and in what ways can the concept help us move beyond the impasses of contemporary politics? How might disaffection be converted into militancy? What political potentials are there in dysphoric music such as Black Metal? The event will also explore the relationship between politics and Speculative Realism.
This will not be a formal academic conference. Instead, it will follow the pattern set by the Weird events at Goldsmiths and the recent UEL symposium on the hardcore continuum. There will be short semi-formal presentations by speakers, but the emphasis will be on discussion of concepts rather than on presenting of papers etc.
The event is free but anyone interested in attending should register with Mark Fisher (k_punk99[AT]hotmail.com). Places are limited. In addition, if anyone would like to give a semi-formal presentation, please let me know.
