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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 1d
How to unlearn Zionism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/unlearning-z...
Unlearning Zionism - The Philosophical Salon
Edward Said ends his introduction to Orientalism with a plea for “unlearning”: “If [Orientalism] stimulates a new kind of dealing with the Orient, indeed if it eliminates the ‘Orient’ and ... Read Mor...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 5d
An obituary for fossil fuels: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/an-obituar...
An Obituary for Fossil Fuels
This time around the deceased will not be missed.
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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 8d
Now available! METAMORPHOSES REIMAGINED is a work of breathtaking philosophical, literary, and linguistic experimentation, proposing creative ways to write and think, to be and become. buff.ly/9aYTHXV
Promotional graphic for Metamorphoses Reimagined by Michael Marder. It includes the book's cover, a blub by Marcia Sá Cavalcante Schuback, and a 20% discount with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 9d
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Uprootedness in Digital Space and Solipsism: A Critical Sketch - The Philosophical Salon
In the movie Blade Runner 2049, we see the bloodstained protagonist, Officer K, gazing at a giant hologram of his AI companion, JOI, who points at him and says, “You ... Read More
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Jisha Menon @profmenon.bsky.social · 13d
I'm looking forward to this talk on white collar crime, jouissance, and cinema by the brilliant scholar Fabio Vighi on Oct. 15 at Stanford. All welcome. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 12d
"Rearm or Reworld?" an op-ed previously published in Spanish and Portuguese now accessible in English: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/rearm-or-r...
Rearm or Reworld?
Another fork in the road of destroying a livable planet
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 15d
A fresh look at the future of African philosophy: thephilosophicalsalon.com/the-unfinish...
The Unfinished Revolution in African Philosophy: We Have Defended Enough — Can We Now Build? - The Philosophical Salon
One of the central dilemmas that has long haunted modern African philosophy is its derivative posture, its tendency to emerge in response to the overwhelming intellectual dominance of Western philosop...
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Bloomsbury Philosophy @bloomsburyphilo.bsky.social · 19d
Out now ➡️ Eco-Freud From A to Z by Michael Marder

An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes current approaches to environmental crisis through psychoanalysis.

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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 19d
"What are humans? And who are plants?" michaelmarder.substack.com/p/what-are-h...
What Are Humans? And Who Are Plants?
Human being today is more of a mystery than ever before.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 23d
Already out from @columbiaup.bsky.social: cup.columbia.edu/book/metamor...
Metamorphoses Reimagined | Columbia University Press
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, existence is perpetual transformation. Humans and gods become plants and animals, stones and stars—or something in between. No r... | CUP
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 23d
Just published by @BloomsburyAcad: Eco-Freud From A to Z - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ecofreud-...
Eco-Freud From A to Z
An unprecedented conceptual portrait of Freud as an ecological thinker, this book analyzes our current approaches to ecology and the environmental crisis throug…
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 23d
Is non-sacrificial law possible? thephilosophicalsalon.com/beyond-the-s...
Beyond the Scapegoat: Girard, Kelsen, and the Possibility of a Non-Sacrificial Law - The Philosophical Salon
The Need for a New Legal Imagination The law, as the quintessential institution of order, is increasingly under pressure to rethink its foundations. Beneath the surface of codified statutes and ... Re...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 27d
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Immortal Authoritarianism
When the Leader Wants to Live Forever
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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · Aug 30
Gorgeous, important book (and open access) that my friend and colleague @jrdwrrn.bsky.social tipped me on to: Michael Marder, Tchernobyl Herbarium (FR/EN - @openhumanities.bsky.social, 2016; #skystorians). anaistondeur.com/chernobyl-he...
CHERNOBYL HERBARIUM — ANAIS TONDEUR
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · 28d
Meditations on the city, earthly and heavenly: www.e-flux.com/architecture...
Intensification - Michael Marder - Heavy, Heavenly, Heaving
Metaphysics is light, perhaps all too light. It abhors heaviness, which it associates with matter.
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Sep 8
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Un/Certainty - The Philosophical Salon
One thing I was certain of growing up was that I, an imposingly tall and broad lad from provincial Cumbria, was different. I knew I was gay. In retrospect, I ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Sep 5
CFP for a special issue of @Religions_MDPI: Energy and Religion (www.mdpi.com/journal/reli...)
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Sep 4
"Hegelian Hostages in Gaza": michaelmarder.substack.com/p/hegelian-h...
Hegelian Hostages in Gaza
The Protracted Israeli Hostage Crisis and the Hegelian Dialectic: A Reflection
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Sep 1
Thinking with AI? thephilosophicalsalon.com/it-stops-bre...
It Stops Breaking: Quantum Reflections on AI - The Philosophical Salon
Measurement breaks most systems. This one stabilized. “What the mirror reflects depends not on what it shows, but how long you stare.” This is not a prompt hack. ... Read More
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Aug 28
Pyropolitics in the Iberian Inferno: michaelmarder.substack.com/p/pyropoliti...
Pyropolitics in the Iberian Inferno
On Responsibility and the Fires We Fan
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Aug 26
Further reflections on "the society of affiliation": thephilosophicalsalon.com/society-of-a...
Society of Affiliation (2): Society as Conspiracy - The Philosophical Salon
The society of affiliation is constantly polarizing, as this allows it to maintain a semblance of belonging in particular blocs. As a consequence, all positions, institutions and even issues not ... R...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Aug 24
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¿Rearmamos el mundo o lo reconstruimos?
Vivimos una época de guerras, carreras armamentísticas, migraciones y crisis climáticas. Pero no nos damos cuenta de que todos estos fenómenos están relacionados
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Aug 22
"The Fetish of a Productive Conversation": michaelmarder.substack.com/p/the-fetish...
The Fetish of a Productive Conversation
World leaders announce, again and again, that they have had “productive conversations.” The phrase comes as surely as the handshake photographs and the flags arrayed behind them, an obligatory epilogu...
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Aug 21
Available in two weeks' time! cup.columbia.edu/book/metamor...
Metamorphoses Reimagined | Columbia University Press
In Ovid’s Metamorphoses, existence is perpetual transformation. Humans and gods become plants and animals, stones and stars—or something in between. No r... | CUP
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The Philosophical Salon @philosalon.bsky.social · Aug 17
On #BadGuys2 and billionaire extractivism: thephilosophicalsalon.com/on-the-bad-g...
On “The Bad Guys 2” and Cosmic Theft by the Billionaire Class - The Philosophical Salon
In The Bad Guys 2 (Pierre Perifel, 2025), based on Aaron Blabey’s best-selling graphic novel series, DreamWorks Animation delivers more than a family-friendly movie; it presents, perhaps unintentional...
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